Wellcome uses cookies.

Read our policy
Wellcome Collection homepage
All
Stories
Images
Catalogue
Events

Active filters:

AssassinationReset filters
10 results
  • 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.