Lucretia recounts to her family and friends her rape by Tarquin: L. Junius Brutus seizes the dagger with which she stabbed herself, and vows vengeance. Engraving by D. Cunego after G. Hamilton.

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Lucretia recounts to her family and friends her rape by Tarquin: L. Junius Brutus seizes the dagger with which she stabbed herself, and vows vengeance. Engraving by D. Cunego after G. Hamilton.