Picture No | 10189205 |
Date | January 1757 |
Description | Robert-Francois Damiens - executed by drawing and quartering |
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'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...
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Source | Engraving by an unnamed artist in Le Musee Criminel |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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