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Minuted t1_iseq80m wrote

Reply to comment by FreneticPlatypus in TIL that in 1914, the suffragette Mary Richardson walked into the National Gallery in the UK and attacked Velázquez's painting “Rokeby Venus” with a meat cleaver. by DrFolAmour007

> In a statement to the Women's Social and Political Union shortly afterwards, Richardson explained, "I have tried to destroy the picture of the most beautiful woman in mythological history as a protest against the Government for destroying Mrs. Pankhurst, who is the most beautiful character in modern history."[63][65]

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