Picture No | 10219133 |
Date | 1871 |
Description | Execution of a 'Petroleuse'; Paris Commune, 1871 |
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Execution of a female Communard by Versailles Government troops. At the end of the Paris Commune many of the revolutionaries set fires all over Paris, to keep the Versailles troops at bay. Female fire setters, known as 'Petroleuses', were later hunted down and shot.
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Source | Engraving by Robert Macbeth in 'The Graphic', 10 June 1871, page 525 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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