Improvised Tribunal during the September Massacres

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Harrison W. Mark
by Unknown Artist
published on 23 September 2022
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The image depicts one of the many improvised tribunals set up by sans-culottes to condemn prisoners to death during the September Massacres of 1792. This illustration specifically shows the trial of Jourgniac de Saint-Méard, a soldier who was incarcerated in the prison of Abbaye at the time of the massacres. He managed to talk his way out of being killed and was able to write a memoir, entitled "Thirty-Eight Hours of Agony", which became famous throughout Europe and sold over 200,000 copies. This image is accompanied by a German caption which reads, "last crisis of my fear of death", as de Saint-Méard's acquittal at this makeshift trial ensured his liberty after the thirty-eight hours in which his life hung in the balance. The image is by an anonymous author, c. 1793.

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