Giuditta Pasta in the role of Medea: she embraces her children (left) and then throws her arms up in anticipation of murdering them (right). Lithograph by John Hayter, 1827.

    • Hayter, John, 1800-1895.
    Date:
    [1827]
    Reference:
    27310i

    Licence: Public Domain Mark

    Credit: Giuditta Pasta in the role of Medea: she embraces her children (left) and then throws her arms up in anticipation of murdering them (right). Lithograph by John Hayter, 1827. Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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