I sketched you in the courtroom and was then asked to record your likeness in the time remaining before your execution

You were a serene sitter distant from the violence that awaited you and just before your final journey you suggested a few changes in the nakedness of your cell

Later you were forced to wear the traitors red shirt and it is said that you blushed with indignation because of the idiot’s slap

But I believe this to be false and that the story was made up to further discredit you as I captured you using nothing but a pale palette

Historical Note

 Shortly before her execution Charlotte Corday requested that her true likeness be captured for posterity

She selected the little known German artist Jean-Jacques Hauer to complete her portrait