Entitled: "Hell broke loose, or, The murder of Louis, vide, the account of that unfortunate monarch's execution." Shows the execution of Louis XVI, King of France, January 21, 1793, by guillotine as citizen Louis Capet. Devils stand on the platform as well as fly overhead, suggesting that the beheading of Louis, with its disrespect for the monarchy, has resulted in anarchy in France. Louis XVI (August 23, 1754 - January 21, 1793) was King of France from 1774, when he was not yet 20 years old, until his deposition in 1792. The government was deeply in debt and resentment to "despotic" monarchy was on the rise. The success of the American Revolution and the financial crisis occurring in France during his reign were contributing factors to the French Revolution, which abolished the absolute monarchy in France and proclaimed a constitutional monarchy in 1791. Louis XVI enjoyed popularity among the masses, but his indecisiveness and conservatism led some to view him as a symbol of the perceived tyranny of the Ancien R矇gime. Suspended and arrested as part of the insurrection of 1792, he was tried by the National Convention, found guilty of high treason, and executed by guillotine on January 21, 1793 as a desacralized French citizen known as "Citizen Louis Capet", bringing to an end more than a thousand years of French monarchy. Louis XVI is the only King of France ever to be executed. Published by William Dent, 1793.