Title
'Les Types de la Commune', 1875
Caption
Left: Jules Vallès, writer and elected representative of the Paris Commune. Depicted as a petty bourgeois rather than a true revolutionary.
Centre: Officer Gustave-Paul Cluseret Bergeret. Caricatured as a boastful leader to highlight his military imposture and grotesque pretensions to command.
Right: the director of telegraphs, citizen Pauvert. Depicted as an indifferent dandy to emphasise his irresponsibility.
Colour illustrations from a series of 12 plates published in Le Figaro's album "Les Type de la Commune" (Paris Commune). 1875 edition illustrated by Bertall and Henri Monnier.
Date
1875
Credit line
Photo12/Pierre Pitrou
Reference
PTR26A00_004
License type
Rights managed
Available size
73,8Mb (5,9Mb) / 20,5in x 14,0in / 6142 x 4202 (300dpi)