Drawing on paper
Signed on the front.
The Man Who Bit The Executioner's Thumb.
Portrait of notorious French murderer Jean Baptiste Troppmann (1849-1870) who, in a final act of defiance, bit the thumb of the executioner while being led to the guillotine.
The background text was sourced from the killer's own memoires published after his execution in 1870.
Coloured pencils, textas/markers and felt-tip pen on A3 paper
2019