[Emperor Maximilian's Firing Squad], 1867, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 11.4 x 14.2 cm (4 7/16 x 5 9/16 in.), Photographs, François Aubert (French, 1829–1906), Legend maintains that Maximilan paid each of the seven executors shown here one ounce of gold not to shoot him in the head; he wanted, the story asserts, his mother to see his face one last time when he was in his coffin
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Emperor Maximilian, Firing Squad, 1867, Albumen silver print, glass negative, Image, 11.4 x 14.2 cm, 4 7/16 5 9/16, Photographs, François Aubert, French, 1829–1906, Legend maintains, Maximilan paid, seven executors, shown, ounce, gold, shoot, head, wanted, story asserts, mother, see, face, last time, coffin
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