Title

'Les Types de la Commune', 1875

Caption

Petroleuses (female arsonists) on Rue de Lille.
A misogynistic caricature of a post-Commune myth in which poverty is transformed into an incendiary threat.


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_042

License type

Rights managed

Available size

28,9Mb (4,4Mb) / 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 Women Misogyny Misogynist Attack Burn Violence Terrorism Terrorists False Myth