print
- Museum number
- 1898,0527.94
- Title
- Object: Martirs de la Liberté
- Description
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Circular medallion containing individual portraits of Marat, Lepelletier, Chalier and Barra, 'martyrs of the French Revolution', each portrayed bust-length and within an oval; with Marat in the upper part, below Chalier on the left and Lepelletier on the right, and at the bottom Barra, wearing a helmet. c.1793/94
Stipple, with some etching
- Production date
- 1793-1794 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 73 millimetres (trimmed)
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Width: 71 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Probably for the lid of a circular box.
All five figures died in 1793 (Barra on 7 December 1793).
For similar print (with the exception of Barra's portrait), in reverse, see 1898,0527.95.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: French Revolution 1793
- Acquisition date
- 1898
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1898,0527.94