Illustration of Swiss Guards being led out for execution at the Prison de l’Abbaye, Paris, France on 2nd September 1792. Between 160-220 people were killed at the prison between the 2nd and 4th September, as part of the September Massacres of the French Revolution (1789-1799). From 'Les Prisons de l'Europe' by Jules Alboise and Auguste Maquet (1845).
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