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- Museum number
- 1898,0527.99-100
- Title
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Object: J. P. Marat Député à la Convention Nationale
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Object: L. M. Lepelletier Député à la Convention Nationale
- Description
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Two individual portraits printed form the same plate; on the left Marat, bust-length, turned to the right, his head wrapped in a cloth, wearing a blue robe; on the right Lepelletier, bust-length, in profile to left, wig brushed back and tied into queue, wearing red jacket and cravat; both against dark blue background, and within green oval frame. 1793
Hand-coloured etching
- Production date
- 1793
- Dimensions
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Height: 189 millimetres (trimmed)
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Width: 319 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Lepelletier died on 20 January 1793, Marat on 13 July 1793; both were instantly revered as martyrs of the Revolution.
The portrait of Marat reproduces a design attributed to Desrais in the IFF (Bonneville, cat. No.93; also see De Vinck cat. No. 5266) although other plates name Bonneville as the designer (see 1901,1022.579 and 1898,0527.48). Chevremont refers to the design as by Bonneville.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: French Revolution 1793
- Acquisition date
- 1898
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1898,0527.99-100
