Title

'Les Types de la Commune', 1875

Caption

"État-major du Comité central" (Staff of the Central Committee). Depiction of a Communard officer in smart uniform and confident posture, mocking military pretension.


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_025

License type

Droits gérés

Available size

28.9Mo (2.3Mo) / 22.6cm x 32.0cm / 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 Man Authority Authoritarian Hierarchy