Marat, seated in a sedan chair, is carried in a triumphant procession of the revolutionary mob in the street of Paris. Engraving by W. Greatbach after T. Johannot.

  • Johannot, Tony, 1803-1852.
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1881
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571600i
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London : Richard Bentley & Son, 1881.

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1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 9.1 x 12.9 cm

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Triumph of Marat. T. Johannot pinxt. ; W. Greatbatch sc.

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"Marat carried by the mob after his acquittal by the Tribunal Révolutionnaire, 24 April 1793; he is seen crowned with laurels, carried on a chair by sans-culottes wearing the Phrygian cap, while the mob cheers; in the left foreground is a man with a dog on leash"--British Museum catalogue, online

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Wellcome Collection 571600i

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