Sujet
'Des canons! Encore des canons!! Toujours des canons!!!' Siege of Paris, December 1870 (1872). Artist: Auguste Bry
Légende
'Des canons! Encore des canons!! Toujours des canons!!!', Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War, December 1870 (1872). A French soldier talking to his comrades. After the disastrous defeat of the French at Sedan and the capture of Napoleon III, the Prussians surrounded Paris on 9 September 1870. The city held out despite famine, disease and cold until a bombardment with heavy siege guns led to its surrender on 28 January 1871. From a private collection.
Private collection
Date
1872
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19B85_412
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,0Mo (3,2Mo) / 35,6cm x 35,2cm / 4200 x 4157 (300dpi)