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James Gillray
1756-1815
The heroic Charlotte la Cordé upon her trial of the Revolutionary Tribunal of Paris, July 17, 1793 : whom she stabbed in a bath where he had retired on account of a leprosy with which heaven had begun the punishment of his crimes ... / Js. Gy. desn. et fect.
Published
[London] : Publishd July 29th 1793 by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street, [1793]
hand colored etching
image: 314 x 361 mm; plate: 314 x 361 mm; sheet: 327 x 380 mm
Peel 2827
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
A scene of the crowded interior of the Revolutionary Tribunal during the trial of Charlotte Corday for the murder of Jean Marat. Corday stands at the bar, her wrists in chains, as she confronts the three judges, grotesque figures -- a barber, a tailor, and a butcher. Marat's body lies between them on a wooden bedstead, his blood stained shirt on a pike.
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Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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