LOUIS XV / DAMIENS
Robert-Francois Damiens, perhaps encouraged by Jesuits, tries to assassinate Louis XV, but is executed (it takes 75 minutes !) after appalling tortures
Picture No
13838399
Media ID
45938925
Size
3016px x 4615px
(2.6MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Theophile Fragonard in Boucher Histoire des Jesuites (1845) volume 2 page 304
Date
1757
