Les Mystères de la Commune

Date: 1870s
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  • Les Mystères de la Commune
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  • The Mysteries of the Commune
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  • 187X
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  • This is a political caricature related to the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 or the Paris Commune of 1871. No. 1. Within illus.: Benedictin. Curacao Hollande. Cubu. For sale at the office of L'Eclipse. Rue du Croissant No. 16. Imp. Lemercier and Cie. Paris. Caption: "Guillaume -On était pourtant bien convenu que les deux derniers millions étaient pour l'incendie du Louvre et il est encore debout... Bismark -Que voulez vous, Sire, toute cette commune était si canaille...nous avons été volés quoi!!" Caption (English translation): "Guillaume-We had agreed that the last two million would be for the burning of the Louvre, and yet, it is still standing… Bismarck-What did you want Your Majesty, all that commune was so roguish ... we would have been stolen"
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  • Hand-colored lithograph
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  • 1968-001a, Drawer M.9, Item 545
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