drawing
- Museum number
- 1980,0628.2
- Description
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The assassination of Julius Caesar; a figure approaching the seated Caesar from behind with a knife, and with other figures
Pen and black ink, with brown wash
- Production date
- 1772-1823
- Dimensions
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Height: 428 millimetres
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Width: 270 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2012 May-Sep, Angers, Musée des Beaux-Art, 'La Dernière nuit de Troie'.
2015 July-Sep, BM, 'Unity and Simplicity: Neoclassicism in Europe'.
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Assassination of Julius Caesar
- Acquisition date
- 1980
- Acquisition notes
- This item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45. The British Museum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1980,0628.2
