Robert-Francois Damiens - executed by drawing and quartering
Le jour sera rude. (it'll be a rough day) says Damiens, would-be assassin of Louis XV, on hearing his sentence. He is atrociously executed with appalling severity
Picture No
12007816
Media ID
45721542
Size
5090px x 3552px
(7.3MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Engraving by an unnamed artist in Le Musee Criminel
Date
January 1757
