A Revolutionary Whipping
The caption reads (machine translation):
Théroigne de Méricourt is whipped by the women
Colored copper engraving from 1800
Per Wikipedia, this scene would appear to depict a sort of rough political argument from the French revolutionary period. It is said that Théroigne de Méricourt was delivering a speech in May of 1793 when she was attacked by a group of women allied with the Jacobins. The women, objecting to her pro-Girondin sentiments, stripped her naked and beat her severely.
See Also:
There’s also some more info (and this pic here):
http://cultureandstuff.com/2012/03/04/theroigne-de-mericourt-the-fatal-beauty-of-the-revolution-part-two/
…and a movie scene showing the whipping:
http://chross.blogt.ch/moviedb/index.php?id=860
Cheers
Chross
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