Picture No | 10189200 |
Date | 5 January 1757 |
Description | DAMIENS ATTACKS LOUIS XV |
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Pierre Robert Francois Damiens, a manservant, attacks Louis XV at Versailles. The king is only slightly injured, but Damiens is executed with hideous severity.
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Source | Engraving by an unnamed artist in Le Musee Criminel |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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