Picture No | 10219108 |
Date | 1871 |
Description | Fighting at the Barricades; Paris Commune 1871 |
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A bowed but resigned officer caught behind the lines, in effect 'Between two fires', during fighting between the French Army and the Paris Commune, 1871. This image shows barricades formed of brandy barrels, with soldiers, the dead and a journalist or artist framing the scene.
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Source | Engraving by Fred Barnard in 'The Illustrated London News', 3 June 1871, page 544 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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