print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1898,0527.246
Title: Object: L'auteur échappant au massacre que Marat prèche sur des cadavres
Description: The September Massacres (1792), with at centre Marat standing on a pile of corpses while around him civilians are being slain by sans-culottes; illustration to Maton de la Varenne's 'Les crimes de Marat et des autres égorgeurs, ou ma résurrection' (Paris: André, 1795) Etching and engraving
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Production date: 1795 (circa)
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Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 109 millimetres; Width: 81 millimetres
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Bibliographic references: Chevremont 1876 / Marat - index du bibliophile et de l'amateur de peintures, gravures, etc (p.452); De Vinck 1909-1967 / Collection De Vinck. Un siècle d'histoire de France par l'estampe. Inventaire analytique. (undescribed)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: massacre; death; revolution/insurrection
Associated names: Illustration to: Pierre Anne Louis de Maton de la Varenne; Representation of: Jean Paul Marat
Associated events: Associated Event: French Revolution 1789-1799; Associated Event: September Massacres 1792
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Acquisition date: 1898
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1898,0527.246

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