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Triomphe de Marat – Antique Print

Triomphe de Marat, [1793] — historic print
Triomphe de Marat, [1793]. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few figures of the French Revolution drew as much hostile commentary as Jean-Paul Marat, the radical journalist whose name anchors this hand-colored etching, *Triomphe de Marat*. The title alludes to his trial before the Revolutionary Tribunal in April 1793, when he was acquitted and borne through Paris by cheering supporters. Satirical prints of this kind used such scenes to argue over the Terror and the factional fighting that threatened the Republic. Marat was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday that July, which gives the cartoon a grim afterlife.

Created / published[1793]
Medium1 print : etching, with watercolor.
GenreCartoons (Commentary) French 1790-1800.Etchings French Hand-colored 1790-1800.
NotesTitle from item. Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsMarat, Jean Paul,--1743-1793--Trials, litigation, etc. France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,110 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-166527

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