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title: Execution of Marie Antoinette
author: Unknown
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16633/execution-of-marie-antoinette/
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updated: 2022-11-07
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# Execution of Marie Antoinette

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## Image File

[![Execution of Marie Antoinette](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/16633.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/16633.jpg)

## Image Caption

Execution of [Marie Antoinette](https://www.worldhistory.org/Marie_Antoinette/), 16 October 1793. Executioner Charles-Henri Sanson shows her severed head to the crowd. Painting by an unknown author

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Unknown. (2022, November 07). Execution of Marie Antoinette. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16633/execution-of-marie-antoinette/>
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### MLA
Unknown. "Execution of Marie Antoinette." *World History Encyclopedia*, 07 Nov 2022, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16633/execution-of-marie-antoinette/>.

## License & Copyright

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