"L'EXÉCUTION DES OTAGES. - Assassinat par les fédérés de Mr l'archevêque de Paris, du curé de la Madeleine, et de quatre autres ecclésiastiques détenus à la prison de la Roquette." - "THE EXECUTION OF THE HOSTAGES. - Murder by the federates of Mr the Archbishop of Paris, the priest of the Madeleine, and four other clergymen detained at the Roquette prison." - Extract from "L'Illustration Journal Universel" - French illustrated magazine - Illustrates an execution of clergymen by a firing squad against a wall. Rendered in a detailed black-and-white engraving from the 19th century.

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