'Mme Elisabeth conduite au supplice'

Photograph of a drawing by Paul Delaroche, created arounds 1856. The subject matter was inspired by an episode from the French Revolution in which Élisabeth of France (1764-94), Louis XVI’s sister, was forced to witness her court attendants on their way to execution. The work depicts a group of men and women standing in a row inside a vaulted room of the Conciergerie. They are led away through a doorway on the right by armed guards. Élisabeth stands centrally looking at the death procession, her hands bound behind her back. A woman collapses on her knees as she holds onto Élisabeth’s skirt.