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Maximilien Robespierre
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Eighteenth-century painted portrait of Maximilien de Robespierre wearing a brown striped coat, high collar, and white cravat, set against a plain background.
Engraved portrait of Maximilien Robespierre, shown from the shoulders up with curled hair, a high-collared coat, and a cravat, against a dark background.
Painting by Auguste Couder showing a large assembly of men in formal attire gathered in a grand hall for the Opening of the States-General on May 5, 1789, at Versailles. Maximilien Robespierre Maximilien Robespierre Louis XVI: Execution by guillotine Maximilien Robespierre Georges Danton Engraving depicting the dramatic arrest of Maximilien Robespierre during the French Revolution, with armed guards seizing him in a crowded, torch-lit chamber. Engraving of Maximilien Robespierre being positioned at the guillotine by two men, with a crowd and Parisian buildings in the background, titled "The Death of Robespierre."
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Maximilien Robespierre
One of the leading figures of the French Revolution, Maximilien Robespierre.
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Auguste Couder: Opening of the Estates-General, May 5, 1789
Opening of the Estates-General, May 5, 1789, oil on canvas by Auguste Couder,...
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Maximilien Robespierre.
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Maximilien Robespierre, oil on canvas by Pierre-Roch Vigneron, 1786; in the Museum...
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Louis XVI: Execution by guillotine
The execution of Louis XVI in 1793.
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Maximilien Robespierre
Cartoon engraving of Maximilien Robespierre guillotining the executioner during the...
From La Guillotine en 1793, by Hector Fleischmann, 1908
Georges Danton
Georges Danton, portrait by Constance-Marie Charpentier; in the Musée Carnavalet,...
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arrest of Maximilien Robespierre
The arrest of Maximilien Robespierre, July 27, 1794.
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Maximilien Robespierre: guillotine
Maximilien Robespierre at the guillotine, July 28, 1794.
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