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Marie Francois Sadi Carnot, 1837-1894

Nationality: French
Date of Birth: 1837.08.11
Place of Birth: Limoges
Date of Death: 24 June 1894
Place of Death: Paris

Identity:

Marie François Sadi Carnot was the President of France from 1887-1894.

Life:

Carnot was assassinated by an Italian anarchist in 1894. JW and his wife went to see Carnot lying in state, and JW made two lithographs (The Long Balcony (C.82), The Little Balcony (C.83)) during his funeral.

Bibliography:

Encyclopedia Brittanica, (11th edition) 1911, at http://www.1911encyclopedia.org (accessed 2005); Spink, Nesta R., The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, gen. eds Harriet K. Stratis and Martha Tedeschi, Chicago, 1998.