François Ravaillac, French Catholic zealot and assassin, 1578-1610. Holding a dagger with medals of Henry IIII, Maria de Medicis, and Louis XIII of France. Vignettes of his assassination of King Henry IV of France in 1610 and his torture and execution. Franooys Ravaillac Moordenaer. From a curious print by Christofell van Sichem. Copperplate engraving from Samuel Woodburn’s Gallery of Rare Portraits Consisting of Original Plates, George Jones, 102 St Martin’s Lane, London, 1816.

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