Prisoners are driven on a cart to the guillotine. Etching by J. Somerville after D.A.M. Raffet.

  • Raffet, Denis Auguste Marie, 1804-1860.
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43508i
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A young mother attempts to hold her infant up to the cart but is restrained and trampled by mounted guardsmen

The spectators wear Phrygian caps, also known as caps of liberty

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London : A. Fullarton & Co.

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1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 9.4 x 12.8 cm

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The last cart. Raffet delt. J. Somerville sc.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 43508i

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