Title

'Les Types de la Commune', 1875

Caption

Delegate from Le Madrid café. The delegate is depicted in an ostentatious display of authority, treated satirically to ridicule women's exercise of political power.


Colour illustration 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_014

License type

Rights managed

Available size

28,9Mb (3,9Mb) / 8,9in x 12,6in / 2672 x 3780 (300dpi)

Keywords

Engraving Illustration 19th century Press Le Figaro Paris Commune Anti communards Conservative Bourgeois press Moral order Insurrection History of France French 1870 1871 Costume Protagonist Uniform Caricature Criticism Irony Sexism Sexist Women Work Job