File:Charlotte Corday (by George Maile, after Melina Thomas).jpg

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English: Aquatint print by Georges Maile, 1841, after the painting Charlotte Corday by Mélina Thomas, exhibited at the Salon de Paris of 1838 and now in the collection of the Musée de la Révolution française, Vizille.

Dramatic historical picture of the French nobleman Charlotte Corday (1768-1793) in her prison in the Conciergerie in Paris. On the small table is her letter to the deputy Barbaroux, in which she justifies the murder of the revolutionary doctor and politician Jean Paul Marat (1743-1793) as a patriotic act. Below the representation in the printing plate inscribed: "Charlotte Corday. God is my Judge / Dieu seul est mon Juge". Signed "Mlle THOMAS PINXt" on the left below the image and "ENGRAVED BY G. MAILE" on the right. The sheet bears an embossed stamp in the middle at the bottom of the sheet margin: "F SINNETT EDITEUR PARIS".

Aquatinta etching on paper Size:

59.3 x 49 cm, printing plate: 53 x 41.8 cm; Illustration: 46.3 x 37.3 cm
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Source Buchprojekt1
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George Maile  (1800–1842)  wikidata:Q52386060
 
Alternative names
Georges Maile; Maile; G Maile
Description printmaker and visual artist
Date of birth/death 1800 Edit this at Wikidata 1842 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London Edit this at Wikidata Paris Edit this at Wikidata
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Paris (1824–1840) Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q52386060
After Melina Thomas  (fl. 1837–1840)  wikidata:Q89592963
 
Alternative names
Mademoiselle Thomas; Melina Thomas
Description French painter
Date of birth/death after 1840
date QS:P,+1840-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1840-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Work period 1837 Edit this at Wikidata–1840 Edit this at Wikidata
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Paris (1830–1840) Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q89592963

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