Title
'Les Types de la Commune', 1875
Caption
Left: Commander-in-Chief Napoleon La Cécilia. Depicted as an authoritarian figure in a smart uniform, he symbolises the caricature of military command in the Commune, seen as pretentious and rigid.
Centre:
Commander and barricade engineer Napoléon Gaillard. He symbolises the planner of revolutionary actions, with a serious but somewhat naive air.
Right: the Federates from the working-class neighbourhoods of Ménilmontant-Charonne. Caricatured as typical fighters of the Commune, rough and dishevelled.
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_007
License type
Rights managed
Available size
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