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Kings and rulers--Assassination
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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 1792Reference: 12180i- Pictures
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: 1800-1899Reference: 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