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42 - [MARAT] – The death of the patriot Marat.
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[MARAT] – The death of the patriot Marat. One of the greatest champions of the Constitution, murdered by a woman from Calvados on 13 July 1793. Paris, Rue de la Bucherie, c. 1793; 265/210 mm, single sheet, coloured in period. Anonymous aquatint from the Revolutionary period, accompanied by a highly patriotic song dedicated to the brave sans-culottes: ‘alarme’ rhymes with ‘larmes’. An identical black-and-white engraving is held at the Carnavalet Museum. The white margins of the engraving have been extensively annotated. Enclosed is an engraving taken from a late 19th-century newspaper – View of the Château de Fontainebleau.
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About the sale ONLINE AUCTION ON 26/06/2026: Books, engravings and old papers.
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