Sujet
Leon Gambetta, French statesman, 1882.Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Légende
Leon Gambetta, French statesman, 1882. A Republican politician, Gambetta (1838-1882), was an opponent of the French Second Empire. In 1870 he proclaimed the Third Republic after Napoleon III was captured by the Prussians after the Battle of Sedan. Gambetta himself famously escaped from Paris in a hot air balloon when the city was besieged by the Prussians, rallying support for resistance to the invaders in the provinces. He was influential as the real leader of the republicans in politics in the first decade of the Third Republic, but did not actually hold office until a brief and unsuccessful period as premier in 1881-1882. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science, literature and art, the army, navy, law, medicine, etc. Photographed from life by Lock and Whitfield, with brief biographical notices by Thompson Cooper. (Conducted by G. C. Whitfield.) (London, 1876-1883).
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Date
1882
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM19C18_308
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,1Mo (1,1Mo) / 31,9cm x 39,4cm / 3762 x 4653 (300dpi)