Title
'Les Types de la Commune', 1875
Caption
Left: Headquarters of the Central Committee. Depiction of a Commune officer in smart uniform and confident posture, mocking military pretension.
Centre: The Barricade. An exalted woman as an allegory of the riot, while chaos reigns around her.
Right: Zouave of the Commune. Depicted with a bravado attitude and in colourful attire, he symbolises the mixture of folklore and revolutionary disorder.
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_010
License type
Rights managed
Available size
75,6Mb (6,4Mb) / 21,0in x 14,0in / 6300 x 4192 (300dpi)