Rokeby Venus by Diego Velezquez (1651) Suffragette, Mary Richardson walked into the National Gallery in 1914 and attacked the canvas with a meat cleaver protesting the arrest of Emmeline Pankhurst the day before. Richardson was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment, the maximum allowed for destruction of an artwork.

Rokeby Venus by Diego Velezquez (1651)

Suffragette, Mary Richardson walked into the National Gallery in 1914 and attacked the canvas with a meat cleaver protesting the arrest of Emmeline Pankhurst the day before. Richardson was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment, the maximum allowed for destruction of an artwork.

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