Jean-Lambert Tallien

French politician (1767–1820)

Jean-Lambert Tallien (23 January 1767 in Paris – 16 November 1820 in Paris) was a French politician of the revolutionary period. Though initially an active agent of the Reign of Terror, he eventually clashed with its leader, Maximilien Robespierre, and is best known as one of the key figures of the Thermidorian Reaction that led to the fall of Robespierre and the end of the Terror.

Jean-Lambert Tallien
Jean Lambert Tallien, estampe.