The murder of Maria-Theresa of Savoy-Carignan, Princess of Lamballe: French revolutionaries dragging her naked, headless, body along the streets of Paris with her head on a pike. Etching by T. Wallis after W.M. Craig, 1815.

  • Craig, William Marshall, 1763 or 1764-1829.
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16 January 1815
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42866i
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The murder of Maria-Theresa of Savoy-Carignan, Princess of Lamballe: French revolutionaries dragging her naked, headless, body along the streets of Paris with her head on a pike. Etching by T. Wallis after W.M. Craig, 1815. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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She was led out through the gates of La Force prison to the street in Paris where she was killed by the Revolutionary mob and her head was paraded through the streets

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[Place of publication not identified] : T. Kinnersley, 16 January 1815.

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1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 17 x 11.8 cm

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Murder of the Princess de Lamballe. W.M. Craig del. T. Wallis sculp.

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Wellcome Collection 42866i

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