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Charlotte Corday being conducted to her execution, by Arturo Michelena (1889). The warden carries the red blouse worn by Corday and the painter Hauer stands at the right. Following her sentencing Corday asked the court if her portrait could be painted, purportedly to record her true self.
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection Licensing This image is in the public domain because it is a mere mechanical scan or photocopy of a public domain original, or – from the available evidence – is so similar to such a scan or photocopy that no copyright protection can be expected to ...
The Petit-Clamart attack, also referred to by its perpetrators as Operation Charlotte Corday after Charlotte Corday, was an assassination attempt organized by Lieutenant-Colonel Jean Bastien-Thiry with the Organisation armée secrète (OAS) that aimed to kill Charles de Gaulle, president of France at the time. The attack was carried out on 22 ...
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Jean-Jacques Hauer or Johann Jakob Hauer (10 March 1751 – 3 June 1829) was a German painter active in France. Hauer is known to have painted the portrait of Charlotte Corday before her execution.
The couple are also parents to Prince George, 8, and Prince Louis, 3.In the sweet pic, 6-year-old Charlotte, wearing a blue T-shirt and pink bottoms, sweetly cradles a butterfly in her hands ...
The wonders of nature. In honor of the U.K.’s “Butterfly Count” initiative for the Butterflies Conservation, Prince William and Duchess Kate shared a new photo of their daughter Princess ...
The video then shows Gourdel kneeling in front of four terrorists brandishing Kalashinikov rifles while wearing a grey sweater with a blue pyramid. His hair is disheveled and his hands are tied ...