Procès de la machine Fieschi Pepin - Morey - Fieschi - Boireau - Bescher. Dessinés à la Cour des Pairs, par Daumier.
Title (alt.):
Trial of the Fieschi machinery Pepin - Morey - Fieschi - Boireau - Bescher. Drawn at the Court of Peers, by Daumier.
Description:
Portrait of the five organizers of the assassination attempt against Louis-Philip. The prints DR 289 to 298 are referring to the attempted murder by Fieschi against King Louis-Philippe. The persons shown here are Pépin, Morey, Fieschi, Boireau and Bescher, the five organizers of the assassination attempt against Louis-Philippe. BESCHER, Tell (1794 - ?) was a worker and accomplice at the coup d’état against Fieschi of July 28, 1835. He was the only participant to be acquitted by the Court on Feb. 14, 1836. BOIREAU, Victor (1810 - ?) was a worker and accomplice at the Fieschi coup d’état of July 28, 1835. He was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment on Feb. 14, 1836. FIESCHI, Giuseppe, called GERARD (1790-1836) was responsible for the assassination attempt against King Louis Philippe an July 28, 1835. He was sentenced to death and executed on February 10, 1836. MOREY, Pierre (1774-1836) was an accomplice of the terrorist Fieschi and was sentenced to death and executed in 1836. PEPIN, Pierre (1800-1836) was an accomplice of Fieschi, participating in the assassination attempt of July 18, 1835 against Louis-Philippe. He was sentenced to death and executed in 1836.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
1st state.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
