Monday, May 6, 2013

Madame Elisabeth on the Way to Execution

Madame Elisabeth of France and her companions leave the Conciergerie for the final journey to the guillotine on May 10, 1794. Madame Elisabeth was the last to die, which means she had to watch all the others decapitated before her. They each begged for her blessing before approaching the scaffold. (Via
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