La Toilette des Morts, from "Illustrated London News"
Charlotte Corday|Edward Matthew Ward|William Luson Thomas
July 25, 1863 · Wood engraving · Drawings and Prints
Charlotte Corday, who murdered the Jacobin Jean-Marie Marat, is seen here imprisoned in the Conciergerie (a medieval palace in Paris) awaiting execution. An artist who has just finished her portrait packs away his paints, and a jailor who wears a Cap of Liberty cuts Charlotte's hair to prepare her for the guillotine. The print is based on a painting shown at the Royal Academy in 1863 titled "Charlotte Corday—Her last toilette before her execution." The image offers a grim variation on a woman's dressing ritual, with the jailor replacing a hairdresser, and the canvas taking the place of a mirror.
- Artist
- Charlotte Corday|Edward Matthew Ward|William Luson Thomas
- Date
- July 25, 1863
- Medium
- Wood engraving
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Gift of Donato Esposito, 2015