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| Picture No | 10219096 |
| Date | 1871 |
| Description | Arrest of the Archbishop of Paris; Paris Commune 1871 |
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The arrest of Georges Darboy, the Archbishop of Paris, by the Communards during the Commune of 1871. At the end of the Franco-Prussian war, Parisian socialists set up the Commune and refused to surrender Paris to the rightwing French government. This led to bitter fighting on the streets of the city and large-scale executions of Communards.
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| Source | Engraving by Jules Pelcoq in 'The Illustrated London News', 22 April 1871, page 357 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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