The Gerembeau's vintage collection

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The 4th one (meyer-heine1) is a picture of the branding of Jeanne de la Motte, the infamous crook and main protagonist of the affair of the necklace. I tried to find direct testimonies of her punishment, but I couldn't find any. There's a vivid account of her ordeal in a book published in 1901 (the writer is a certain Mr Funck-Brentano, who contributed to renewed interest in this famous case).

 

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The scene in the movie :

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With this image, we have proof that the Countess de La Motte had her breasts bared in order to be deliberately marked on her breast!!!

 

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One must ask did the woman do something so terrible to deserve a public flogging or did the men show up in numbers because she is tied to the post bare chested and she looks better than their lovers. And the women in the crowd seem to think she would look better in their beds than being whipped at the post!
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As brave citizen you have to come to the punishment, even if you really force yourself to watch those nasty girls nude. But as JFK said, don't ask what the state can do for you, ask what you can do for the state!

 

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The Pappenheimers: one of the most terrible executions of all time, with breasts cut off, impalement, burning at the stake...

 

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Illustrations by Martin van Maële for "La Sorcière" (The Witch) of Jules Michelet.
Five more of the same:

 

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Illustrations by Martin van Maële for "La Sorcière" (The Witch) of Jules Michelet.
Five more of the same:

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Five more...

 

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Number 4 - Barb and Harriet at the Kilburn "Hoosegow."

 

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#3: by Waldo
#4: by Topfer
#5 is a part of "Blandine", by Pierre-Désiré Guillemet.

 

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I find picture 1 very interesting. The monk explains to her "For your sins, you should be flogged topless in the square. However, because of your father's generous donation to the church, your penance will be administered in the privacy of the abbey..."

 

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