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Robespierre au cinéma anglophone (2022)
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Gilchrist, M. (2022). Robespierre au cinéma anglophone. [Webpage text with illustrations]

Anglophone cinema and television has generally presented a hostile image of Robespierre. It is rooted in propaganda of the Pitt era but was expanded and elaborated in the 19C by Carlyle, Lamartine, Marie Tussaud, and a number of historical novels and... Read More about Robespierre au cinéma anglophone.

Le mystère des portraits de Robespierre aux rayures (2022)
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Gilchrist, M. (2022). Le mystère des portraits de Robespierre aux rayures. [Webpage text with illustrations]

The portrait of Robespierre in a striped coat (Musée Carnavalet P.729) is probably his most popular and most reproduced portrait in modern times. However, in researching his iconography, I was surprised to find it was not in circulation during his li... Read More about Le mystère des portraits de Robespierre aux rayures.