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Massacre of the Prisoners

Print of attack on prisoners

Annotation

Yet another image from the newspaper R*volutions de Paris shows crowds massacring refractory clergy and prisoners. These panels reveal similar occurrences at the police prisons of the Chatelet and the Bic*tre, where altogether an estimated 800 were killed in the first week of September.

1792, Bibliothèque Nationale de France

Transcription

Title in French
Châtelet ; Bicêtre. Massacre des prisonniers

Caption
Massacre des prisonniers de la Prison du Châtelet et de la Maison de Bicétre le deux et trois Septembre et jours suivantes au nombre d'environ huit cents

Credits

Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Estampes et photographie, RESERVE FOL-QB-201 (128)

Michel Hennin. Estampes relatives à l'Histoire de France. Tome 128, Pièces 11231-11307, période : 1792

How to Cite This Source

"Massacre of the Prisoners," in World History Commons, https://worldhistorycommons.org/massacre-prisoners [accessed November 21, 2024]

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