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| Picture No | 10219089 |
| Date | 1871 |
| Description | The Luxembourg Palace, Paris 1871 |
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Tranquil scene at the Luxembourg Palace, at a time when Paris was in a state of civil war; Paris Commune. At the end of the Franco-Prussian war, Parisian socialists refused to surrender Paris to the rightwing French government, which led to bitter fighting on the streets of the city and large-scale executions of Communards.
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| Source | Engraving in 'The Graphic', 3 June 1871, page 521 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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