The blood of the murdered crying for vengeance / Js. Gy. desn. et fect. pro bono publico.

The head of Louis XVI (a portrait) lies at the foot of the guillotine, a corner of the scaffold forming the base of the design. The guillotine is realistically drawn; the body of the King, hands tied, lies on the low platform behind the machine, the legs being cut off by the left margin. The blade and head drip with blood, which ascends in a broad crimson swirl across the design, expanding into clouds of smoke as it rises.