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| Picture No | 10219111 |
| Date | 1871 |
| Description | Communards cleaning out the coffers of the Church 1871 |
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Communards cleaning out the coffers of a convent of the Little Sisters of the Poor, during the Paris Commune of 1871. The Communards were anti-religious and had no scruples about demanding money from religious orders, during the French siege of Paris.
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| Source | Engraved by Swain after M.W Ridley in 'The Illustrated London News', 20 May 1871, page 493 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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