ONE OF HISTORY'S BEST-KNOWN EXECUTIONS...
The boat representing Paris sailed past the evocation of a bloody Conciergerie and came upon the guillotining of the queen.
STANDS OUT BY THE VICTIM'S DIGNITY
The king went to the scaffold by coach...
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L'Exécution du roi Louis XVI, YouTube / zoom |
Hinrichtung Ludwig des XVI, German engraving, 1793 / zoom
French example at musée Carnavalet, not exhibited
But the queen was taken in an open cart for hauling garbage, as were prostitutes, criminals and opponents. At least they were exhibited and jeered together...
Transport de prostituées by Etienne Jeurat, 1757 / zoom
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Poster of an exhibit at the National Archives |
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La Dernière Charrette ("The Last Cartload"), anonymous / sold on eBay
While she was alone.
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| Marie-Antoinette conduite à l'échafaud by Jean-Louis David, sketch from a window / zoom |
Marie-Antoinette ignored the crowd and sat in the cart with as much dignity as on a throne. On the scaffold she stumbled and stepped on the executioner's foot.
Her last words:
"I beg your pardon, sir,
I did not do it on purpose."
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