The Death of Robespierre: Who was guillotined in Paris the 28th July 1794 overthrown from his bloody Throne..., Giacomo Aliprandi, circa 1799

The death of maximilien de robespierre on july 28, 1794, seen in an english engraving. Represented without his wound in the jaw, the incorruptible is stigmatized as a coward and a hypocrite incapable of conducting himself with dignity during his execution, "a beast at bay who blocks his foot against a post of the machine and clings to the board to try with the energy of despair to cling to life" (michel biard). Date: circa 1799. Dimensions: height: 40.5 cm (15.9 in); width: 29 cm (11.4 in). Medium: engraving. Collection: Bibliothèque nationale de France. L'execution de Maximilien de Robespierre a la guillotine