Assassination of Marat
date: label: date made
content: c. 1793-1795
name: label: maker
content: Lakin & Poole
notes: label: Description
content: Figure group depicting Charlotte Corde just after she has stabbed Marat. She stands with the dagger in her right hand; clothed in a violet dress with white apron, yellow shawl, and a black hat. Marat, bleeding from the chest, is sprawled on the floor. He wears black shoes, striped stocking, green breeches, and a tan coat. He holds a scroll in his raised left hand. The base is marbleized and has the inscription on the front, "The Assassination of MARAT/by CHARLOTTE CORDE, of Caen, in Normandy, 1793" Impressed "Lakin & Poole"
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Burslem
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Robert & Florence Blauner
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0373.02
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0373.02
label: accession number
content: 1979.0373
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Figure Group
label: Object Name
content: figurine, group
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: black (inscription text color)
label: Physical Description
content: polychrome (overall surface decoration color name)
label: Physical Description
content: ceramic, earthenware, refined (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 5/8 in x 10 3/8 in x 4 3/4 in; 34.6075 cm x 26.3525 cm x 12.065 cm