Picture No | 10991036 |
Date | 1914 |
Description | Damage done to the Rokeby Venus by suffragette |
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The actual damage done to the Rokeby Venus by the suffragette with a chopper. Cuts made by militant suffragette Mary Richardson to the canvas of Velazquez's painting in the National Gallery on 10th March 1914 with a meat cleaver.
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Source | Illustrated London News, 14th March 1914 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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