Picture No | 10504626 |
Date | 1846 |
Description | Assassination attempt on King Louis Philippe |
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The royal family were in their carriage passing through Fontainebleau after a boar hunt when a man named Lecomte fired two shots from his gun. He missed and was arrested by Millet, a groom of the royal household.
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Source | The Illustrated London News, 25th April 1846, page 272 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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