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1.
A second Jean d'Arc, or, The assassination of Marat by Charlotte Cordé of Caen in Normandy on

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[26 July 1793]
Call Number:
793.07.26.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Assassination of Marat by Charlotte Cordé of Caen in Normandy
Description:
Title from item., Two lines of text below title: Who, while he was villifying some of the more moderate men in the Convention ..., and Mounted to 28 x 38 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 26, 1793, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Corday, Charlotte, 1768-1793 and Marat, Jean Paul, 1743-1793
Subject (Topic):
Assassinations, Knives, and Assassination
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A second Jean d'Arc, or, The assassination of Marat by Charlotte Cordé of Caen in Normandy on Sunday, July 14, 1793 [graphic].

2.
Assassination of Lord Kilwarden in Dublin [graphic].

Published / Created:
1824.
Call Number:
824.00.00.63
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from text within image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Window mounted to 22 x 17 cm.
Publisher:
Published by J. Robins & Co., Albion Press, London
Subject (Geographic):
Ireland and Dublin.
Subject (Name):
Kilwarden, Arthur Wolfe, Viscount, 1739-1803
Subject (Topic):
Assassination, Assassinations, Judges, History, and Historical reenactments
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Assassination of Lord Kilwarden in Dublin [graphic].

3.
Monumental inscription on the departed minister!! : within this mausoleum lie entombed the mortal

Published / Created:
[1812]
Call Number:
812.05.00.03+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
imagea and text
Description:
Caption title., With an etching below the title and above the letterpress text, signed "G. Cruikshank fect." showing John Bellingham in the act of assassinating Spencer Perceval. Plate mark: 58 x 104 mm., and Mounted to: 46 x 17 cm.
Publisher:
Published by John Fairburn, 2, Broadway, Ludgate-Hill, facing the Old Bailey and Maurice Printer, Howford-buildings, Fenchurch-Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Perceval, Spencer, 1762-1812., Perceval, Spencer, 1762-1812, and Bellingham, John, 1770-1812
Subject (Topic):
Assassination, Prime ministers, Politics and government, and Assassinations
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Monumental inscription on the departed minister!! : within this mausoleum lie entombed the mortal remains of Spencer Perceval ...

4.
The death of Beckett [graphic]

Creator:
Stow, James, approximately 1770- printmaker
Published / Created:
Decr. 1793.
Call Number:
Folio 724 812 B68
Collection Title:
Plate [35] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; the assasination of Thomas Becket, wrestled to his knees by a gang of four knights, one raising a bludgeon above him, his mitre and staff fallen at left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [35] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, at the Historic Gallery
Subject (Name):
Thomas, à Becket, Saint, 1118?-1170, and Thomas, à Becket, Saint, 1118?-1170
Subject (Topic):
Assassination and Assassinations
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The death of Beckett [graphic]

5.
The heroic Charlotte la Cordé upon her trial at the bar of the Revolutionary Tribunal of Paris

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[29 July 1793]
Call Number:
793.07.29.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scene of the crowded interior of the Revolutionary Tribunal during the trial of Charlotte Corday for the murder of Jean Marat. Corday stands at the bar, her wrists in chains, as she confronts the three judges, grotesque figures -- a barber, a tailor, and a butcher. Marat's body lies between them on a wooden bedstead, his blood stained shirt on a pike
Description:
Title etched above image., One line of quoted text below title: "The noble enthusiasm with which this woman met the charge, & the elevated disdain with which she treated the self created tribunal, struck the whole assembly with terror & astonishment.", and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge.
Publisher:
Publishd. July 29th, 1793, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
France and France.
Subject (Name):
Marat, Jean Paul, 1743-1793, Corday, Charlotte, 1768-1793, and France. Tribunal révolutionnaire.
Subject (Topic):
Assassination, History, and Trials (Political crimes and offenses)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The heroic Charlotte la Cordé upon her trial at the bar of the Revolutionary Tribunal of Paris, July 17th, 1793 for having rid the world of that monster of atheism and murder the regicide Marat, whom she stabbed in a bath where he had retired on account of a leprosy with which Heaven had begun the punishment of his crimes / [graphic]