Guillotine

Description

The guillotine was a decapitating execution device invented by Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, remembered for its use in the French Revolution.

Keywords

decapitation, execution, French Revolution, guillotine, invention, Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, Reign of Terror

Galleries

France Miscellaneous, Prisons and Punishments

Source:

Ellsworth D. Foster ed. The American Educator (vol. 3) (Chicago, IL: Ralph Durham Company, 1921)

Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman