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Queen Marie Antoinette led to her execution on a horse-cart on the 16th of October 1793. Aquatint with engraving by C. Silanio after Aloisin, 1793.

King Louis XVI of France bids his farewell to the people of Paris while ascending the stairs to the scaffold where he was guillotined on the 21 January 1793. Aquatint with engraving by C. Silanio after C. Benazech, 1793.

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Queen Marie Antoinette led to her execution on a horse-cart on the 16th of October 1793. Aquatint with engraving by C. Silanio after Aloisin, 1793.

King Louis XVI of France bids his farewell to the people of Paris while ascending the stairs to the scaffold where he was guillotined on the 21 January 1793. Aquatint with engraving by C. Silanio after C. Benazech, 1793.