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Object Type
print
Museum number
1869,0410.787
Title
Object:
M. Anne Charlotte Corday
Description
The execution of Charlotte Corday on 17 July 1793; with the young woman stepping onto the scaffold, hands tied to hold up her skirts, being led to the guillotine by a sans-culotte, a soldier standing to her left Stipple engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Giacomo Aliprandi
After:
Giacomo Beys
School/style
Italian
Production date
1802
(circa)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
stipple
Dimensions
Height:
403 millimetres
Width:
286 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
From a series depicting events in the French Revolution and Napoleonic period, for more information, see 1871,0812.5279
Bibliographic references
De Vinck 1909-1967 / Collection De Vinck. Un siècle d'histoire de France par l'estampe. Inventaire analytique.
(5355)
(cf.)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
execution
Associated names
Portrait of:
Charlotte Corday
Associated events
Associated Event:
French Revolution 1789-1799
Associated Event:
Execution of Charlotte Corday 1793
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
José de Salamanca y Mayol, Marquis of Salamanca
Purchased through:
Sotheby's
(24-7.ii.1869/13)
Purchased through:
Edward Daniell
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
José de Madrazo
Acquisition date
1869
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1869,0410.787