Paintings
Charlotte Corday
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- Date
- 1875
- Accession number
- 14.61
- Maker
- Hugues Merle(Opens in new tab) (French, 1823–1881)
- Dimensions
- canvas: 24 1/2 × 20 1/2 in. (62.2 × 52.1 cm.) frame: 42 1/2 × 38 1/4 × 6 in. (108 × 97.2 × 15.2 cm.)
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Description
- Half-length at profile facing the right, in black stiff felt hat with cockade and green ribbon, her beautiful blond tresses falling to her shoulders, attired in grey striped muslin bodice with white linen neckerchief; interior background. She is in deep thought and holds a letter adressed to " Citoyen Marat, Cordéliers."
- Credit
- The Huntington
- Department
