Pierre-Jean David d'Angers - Marc-Guillaume-Albert Vadier (1736-1828) - Walters 54823

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Pierre-Jean David d'Angers - Marc-Guillaume-Albert Vadier (1736-1828) - Walters 54823

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Vadier, a politician and member of the Convention-a constitutional and legislative assembly-called for the trial and execution of King Louis XVI in 1791. During the Thermidorean Reaction, a revolt within the revolutionary movement in which the excesses of the Reign of Terror were denounced, he had the radical Maximilien Robespierre brought to trial and executed.

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1818
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