LOUIS XV - "Robert François DAMIENS (1715-1757) before the judges of the Châtelet, Paris, March 2, 1757". Burin engraved by an anonymous artist, on laid paper. Margins. Robert-François Damiens, born January 9, 1715 in La Thieuloye, near Arras, and executed March 28, 1757 in Paris, was convicted of attempting to assassinate King Louis XV. He was also the last person in France to be quartered, a punishment reserved for regicides under the Ancien Régime.27 x 43 cm. B/C condition (traces of folds and rare holes in the folds, marginal foxing).