Title

'Les Types de la Commune', 1875

Caption

A sailor 'Pétroleur' (male arsonist). An imaginary figure of the incendiary Communard depicted as a drunken sailor, motivated more by vice than by conviction.



Colour illustration from a series of 12 plates published in Le Figaro's album "Les Types de la Commune" (Paris Commune). 1875 edition illustrated by Bertall and Henri Monnier.

Date

1875

Credit line

Photo12/Pierre Pitrou

Reference

PTR26A00_033

License type

Rights managed

Available size

28.9Mb (3.0Mb) / 8.9in x 12.6in / 2673 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 Bar Alcohol Alcoholism Drink Drunkard Navy