KW245939 The drowning in the Loire during the Reign of Terror, 1793 (litho) by Charlerie, H. de la (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: 6-7 December 1793, Jean-Baptiste Carrier, a deputy sent by the Convention to suppress the insurrection at Nantes, accepted a measure proposed by the local Revolutionary Tribunal to fill seven boats with an estimated 200-300 prisoners (not all of them yet convicted) and sink them in the Loire River;); French, out of copyright.