Ia tusi se faaauauga o lenei palakalafa - Na ia aʻoaʻoina e Jacques-Louis David a o leʻi faigaluega ma Jean-Baptiste Isabey, o lē e toʻafitu tausaga e laʻitiiti iā Guérin, ina ua uma ona feiloaʻi ma ia i le potu aʻoaʻo a David. Na faatonuina e Tavita Guérin ina ia tusia se ata o se tasi o ona afafine a o leʻi faaipoipo, ma na talia e Guérin, ae na pau le mea na manaʻomia, o le tuu atu lea e Tavita o lana tama teine e fai ma ata mo ia. Na avea Marie-Antoinette ma ana paaga ma puipuiga. E oo ane i le 1792 ua avea o ia ma sui o le vaega a Filles Saint-Thomas o le National Guard, ma na ia puipuia ai le aiga tupu faasaga i le sans-culottes i le taimi o le Faʻaaliga o Iuni 20
i lenā tausaga.