La Toilette des Morts, from "Illustrated London News" July 25, 1863 William Luson Thomas 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 ri
La Toilette des Morts, from "Illustrated London News" July 25, 1863 William Luson Thomas 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 La Toilette des Morts, from "Illustrated London News". After Edward Matthew Ward (British, London 1816–1879 Windsor). July 25, 1863. Wood engraving. William Luson Thomas (British, London 1830–1900 Chertsey, Surrey). Prints
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