Coup de grâce
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A coup de grâce is an act of mercy killing in which a mortally wounded person or animal is fatally struck with a melee weapon or shot with a projectile to kill them quickly and end their suffering, wi
Yell of Triumph, a painting by Alfred Jacob Miller depicting American Indian hunters gathering around a mortally wounded buffalo, and engaging in a victory shout before administering their coup de grâce to the animal with their bows and arrows.
A captive bolt gun for animal euthanasia
After Jesuit priest Miguel Agustín Pro was shot by a firing squad in 1927, he was wounded, but still alive, so a soldier shot him point blank as a coup de grâce.
The Execution of Emperor Maximilian is a series of paintings by Édouard Manet from 1867 to 1869, depicting the execution by firing squad of Emperor Maximilian I of the short-lived Second Mexican Empir
The Execution of Emperor Maximilian (1867–1868), oil on canvas. National Gallery, London
The Execution of Emperor Maximilian (1867), oil on canvas, 195.9 × 259.7 cm. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Execution of Emperor Maximilian (1867), oil on canvas, 48 × 58 cm. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen