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Kings and rulers - Assassination

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  • The death of Julius Caesar: Caesar is lying on the ground, assassinated by a group of senatorial conspirators led by Cassius Longinus and Marcus Iunius Brutus on the Ides of March. Engraving by J.C. Armytage after J.L. Gérome.
  • An episode in The maid's tragedy: Evadne kills the king in his bed in revenge for his having raped her. Etching by E. Kirkall after F. Boitard.
  • King George III and Queen Charlotte, seated at a latrine, receive with agitation news from William Pitt the younger, who tells them that the King of Sweden had been assassinated. Etching by J. Gillray, 1792.
  • The assassination of Alexander II: the place outside the Winter Palace is strewn with corpses and debris of the bomb-explosion, while Alexander emerges alive from his coach. Process print (?).
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    King George III and Queen Charlotte, seated at a latrine, receive with agitation news from William Pitt the younger, who tells them that the King of Sweden had been assassinated. Etching by J. Gillray, 1792.

    Gillray, James, 1756-1815. | Date: 11 April 1792 | Reference: 12180i
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    Charlotte Corday (above); soldiers rushing to defend Marat from Charlotte Corday who assassinates him (below). Engravings by C.F.G. Le Vachez and by J. Duplessi-Bertaux, ca. 1798-1817.

    Duplessi-Bertaux, Jean, 1750-1818. | Date: [1798-1817] | Reference: 2010632i
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    An episode in The maid's tragedy: Evadne kills the king in his bed in revenge for his having raped her. Etching by E. Kirkall after F. Boitard.

    Boitard, François, approximately 1670-approximately 1715. | Reference: 42792i
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    The death of Julius Caesar: Caesar is lying on the ground, assassinated by a group of senatorial conspirators led by Cassius Longinus and Marcus Iunius Brutus on the Ides of March. Engraving by J.C. Armytage after J.L. Gérome.

    Gérôme, Jean Léon, 1824-1904. | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 42744i
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    The assassination of Alexander II: the place outside the Winter Palace is strewn with corpses and debris of the bomb-explosion, while Alexander emerges alive from his coach. Process print (?).

    | Date: [1881] | Reference: 42870i
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