Title

'Garde Nationale Auxiliaire', Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871. Artist: Anon

Caption

'Garde Nationale Auxiliaire', Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871. A woman shopper and a member of the National Guard (Garde Nationale) bemoaning the lack of meat available from a butcher's shop during the food shortages caused by the Prussian blockade of Paris. Print from a series titled Souvenirs du Siege de Paris. From a private collection.
Private collection

Date

1870

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B86_017

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,5Mb) / 11,2in x 17,4in / 3354 x 5213 (300dpi)

Keywords

food female women woman people male child children man men discussion shopping shop shops country French France discussing Paris guy talking color colour war location century shopper conversation soldiers soldier wartime lady shopping basket concept scarcity conversing cartoon hardship 19th century Ile-de-France 1870s nineteenth century shortage Art Media 1870-1871 butcher's Franco-Prussian War National Guard Siege of Paris TGN Garde Nationale caricature satire Anon Anonymous satire caricature