Title

Ruins of the Hotel de Ville, Paris, May 1871. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Ruins of the Hotel de Ville, Paris, May 1871. The headquarters of the Paris Commune from March 1871, the Hotel de Ville was destroyed by fire when the Versailles government launched its suppression of the Commune in May 1871. From a private collection.
Private collection

Date

1871

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B86_084

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,4Mb) / 19,4in x 10,0in / 5824 x 3000 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior building buildings destruction politics country French France Paris burnt fire ruins Town Hall ruin war location century rebellion destroyed revolution concept outside ruined Hotel de Ville B&W aftermath MONOCHROME 19th century civil war black & white black and white B W Ile-de-France 1870s Hôtel de Ville nineteenth century Art Media Paris Commune TGN photograph Unknown photograph