Guillotine Small 299×320 Medium 597×640 Large 956×1024 Download TIFF Original 2240×2400 | (490.8 KB) 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)
