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| Picture No | 10219125 |
| Date | 4 September 1870 |
| Description | Gustave Flourens Proclaiming the Republic |
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Early in 1870 Gustave Flourens (1838 - 1871), tried to organise a revolution against the Emperor Napoleon, at Belleville. The attempt was not a success. Flourens later became a leading member of the Paris Commune and was killed in fighting towards the end of the Commune in April 1871.
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| Source | Engraving in 'The Illustrated London News', 19 February 1870, page 200 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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