Paris under the Commune: The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs)Leighton, John
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Paris under the Commune: The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs)
Leighton, John
Paris (France) -- History -- Commune, 1871
THE ARC DE TRIOMPHE DE L’ÉTOILE
HORSE CHASSEUR ACTING AS COMMUNIST ARTILLERYMAN
MARINE GUNNER AND STREET BOY
THE CORPS LÉGISLATIF—HEAD QUARTERS OF GENERAL BERGERET
PORTRAIT OF GENERAL DOMBROWSKI
BURNING THE GUILLOTINE IN THE PLACE VOLTAIRE
COLONNE VENDÔME
CARICATURE DURING THE COMMUNE—LITTLE PARIS AND HIS PLAYTHINGS
(_facsimile_)
THE MODERN “EROSTRATE”—COURBET AND THE DEBRIS OF THE VENDÔME COLUMN
FEDERAL VISIT TO THE LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR
PORTRAIT OF VERMOREL, DELEGATE OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMISSION
FEMALE CURIOSITY AT PORTE MAILLOT
PORTE MAILLOT AND CHAPEL OF ST. FERDINAND
ARMISTICE—INHABITANTS OF NEUILLY ENTERING PARIS
WATCHING FOR THE FIRST SHOT FROM FORT VALERIEN
FEMALE IMPERTURBABILITY AFTER THE ARMISTICE
PORTRAIT OF PROTOT, DELEGATE OF JUSTICE
PORTRAIT OF FÉLIX PYAT, MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY
FREEMASONS AT THE RAMPARTS
PORTRAIT OF VERMESCH, EDITOR OF THE “PÈRE DUCHESNE”
PORTRAIT OF PASCHAL CROUSSET, DELEGATE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
PORTRAIT OF DUPONT, COMMISSIONER OF TRADE AND COMMERCE
CHAPELLE EXPIATOIRE (CONDEMNED BY THE COMMUNE)
CARICATURE DURING THE COMMUNE—PARIS EATS A GENERAL A-DAY (_facsimile_)
PORTRAIT OF DELESCLUZE, DELEGATE OF WAR
PORTRAIT OF FONTAINE, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC DOMAINS AND REGISTRATION
RÉFRACTAIRES ESCAPING FROM THE CITY BY NIGHT
PORTRAIT OF GENERAL LA CÉCILIA
CHURCH OF ST. EUSTACHE (EXTERIOR)
INTERIOR OF ST. EUSTACHE, USED AS A RED CLUB
HOUSE OF M. THIERS IN THE PLACE ST. GEORGES
HOUSE DURING DEMOLITION—AFTER ITS SACK
PORTRAIT OF COURNET, PREFECT OF POLICE
PORTRAIT OF ARTHUR ARNOULD, COMMISSIONER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
THE SEINE: FOUNDERED GUN-BOATS—PORTE MAILLOT, DESOLATION AND
DESTRUCTION
BARRICADE OF THE RUE CASTIGLIONE FROM THE PLACE VENDÔME
PALACE OF THE TUILERIES
PORTRAIT OF RAZOUA, GOVERNOR OF THE MILITARY SCHOOL
CAFÉ LIFE UNDER THE COMMUNE—A SLIGHT INTERRUPTION—PLAY-BILLS AND
BURNT-OFFERINGS—“SPECTACLES DE PARIS”
PLACE DE LA CONCORDE—STATUES OF LILLE AND STRASBOURG
FIRE AND WATER—THE EFFECT OF FIRE ON THE FOUNTAINS OF THE PLACE DE LA
CONCORDE AND THE CHÂTEAU D’EAU—HIRONDELLES DE PARIS
PORTRAIT OF JULES VALLÈS, DELEGATE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION
BARRICADE CLOSING THE RUE DE RIVOLI FROM THE PLACE DE LA CONCORDE
BULLET MARKS “EN FACE” AND “EN PROFIL”—THE TREES AND LAMPS
RUE ROYALE, LOOKING FROM THE MADELEINE TO THE PLACE DE LA CONCORDE
A WARM CORNER OF THE TUILERIES
PORTRAIT OF MILLIÈRE, EX-DEPUTY, MEMBER OF THE COMMUNE
PALAIS DE JUSTICE
POLICE OF PARIS—MINISTRY OF FINANCE, RUE DE RIVOLI
PORTRAIT OF FERRÉ, PREFECT OF POLICE
PALACE OF THE LUXEMBOURG (AMBULANCE HOSPITAL OF THE COMMUNE)
PÉTROLEURS AND PÉTROLEUSES
THE THEATRE OF THE PORTE ST-MARTIN—ALL THAT REMAINS OF THE HOME OF
SENSATION DRAMA
CELL OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS IN THE PRISON OF LA ROQUETTE
YARD OF LA ROQUETTE WHERE THE ARCHBISHOP AND HOSTAGES WERE SHOT
MY NEIGHBOUR OPPOSITE, BUSINESS CARRIED ON AS USUAL—MY NEIGHBOUR NEXT
DOOR, HE THINKS HIMSELF FORTUNATE
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