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Assassination

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Murder
Political violence
Political crimes and offenses

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Images from the collections

Images about Assassination

10 images from works
  • A young woman is restrained from helping Archbishop Sharp as highwaymen drag him out of his carriage. Line engraving by T. Holloway after J. Opie.
  • Charlotte Corday stabbing Marat in the heart. Etching.
  • The martyrdom of Saint Wenceslaus. Engraving by M. Küsel after I. Fisches.
  • The assassination of the Deputy Jean-Bertrand Féraud in the National Convention, Paris, in 1795. Aquatint by J. Card.
  • Pierre de La Ramée (Peter Ramus) is held down and stabbed by soldiers with a halberd and a sword. Wood engraving by Charles Maurand after Edmond Morin.
  • The murder of Archbishop Sharp: he is lying on the ground before his coach, his daughter is restrained from attending him as one of the surrounding men draws his sword. Line engraving by H. Bourne after W. Allan.
  • The wrestler and gladiator Narcissus strangling the emperor Commodus. Engraving by G. Mochetti after B. Pinelli.
  • The death of President Abraham Lincoln in Washington, 1865. Coloured lithograph.
  • Charlotte Corday stabbing Marat on a settee. Stipple print by N. Schiavonetti, 1793, after D. Pellegrini.
  • The arrest of Charlotte Corday after the assassination of Marat in his bath. Engraving by P.G. Berthault after J.F.J. Swebach Desfontaines, ca. 1793.

Works from the collections

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    The arrest of Charlotte Corday after the assassination of Marat in his bath. Engraving by P.G. Berthault after J.F.J. Swebach Desfontaines, ca. 1793.

    Swebach de Fontaine, Jacques François Joseph, 1769-1823. | Date: [1793?] | Reference: 571602i
    Part of: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la Révolution française
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    The wrestler and gladiator Narcissus strangling the emperor Commodus. Engraving by G. Mochetti after B. Pinelli.

    Pinelli, Bartolomeo, 1781-1835. | Reference: 42745i
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    Charlotte Corday stabbing Marat in the heart. Etching.

    | Date: 20 August 1793 | Reference: 571629i
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    An assassination in the court of Russia or Poland. Engraving by P. van Gunst after O. Elliger.

    Elliger, Ottmar, the younger, 1666-1735. | Date: [between 1720 and 1729?] | Reference: 3025065i
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    Charlotte Corday stabbing Marat on a settee. Stipple print by N. Schiavonetti, 1793, after D. Pellegrini.

    Pellegrini, Domenico, 1759-1840. | Date: 10 February 1793 | Reference: 571637i
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Charlotte Corday
Jean-Paul Marat

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