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877 - COMMUNARDS. A beautiful collection of 53 portraits of men from the Commune. [Circa 1871].
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COMMUNARDS. A beautiful collection of 53 portraits of men from the Commune. [Circa 1871]. Original period prints mounted on heavy paper or cardboard. Carjat, Bacard, Nadar, Appert, Reutlinger, and anonymous photographers. Two with autograph inscriptions. Approximately 9 x 5.5 cm. Annotations. A RARE AND BEAUTIFUL COLLECTION OF 53 PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS OF FIGURES FROM THE PARIS COMMUNE, of all ages and all of whom were sentenced to death. Louis Auguste BLANQUI; MELVIL BLONCOURT (2) [Afro-Caribbean abolitionist of French nationality and Communard sentenced to death in absentia]; Jules MOTTU; Gustave MAROTEAU (2) [defended by Victor Hugo, like many others]; Gustave FLOURENS; Augustin Joseph VERDURE; Félix PYAT; Jean-Baptiste MILLIERE; Jules ALLIX (2); Raoul RIGAULT; Jean-Louis PINDY; Napoléon LA CÉCILIA; Napoléon GAILLARD, known as “Gaillard père”; François PARISEL; Théophile FERRÉ [a Blanquist and friend of Louise Michel]; Adolphe Gustave LEFRANÇOIS, known as Gustave Lefrançais (2); Auguste VERMOREL [mortally wounded on the barricades]; Pierre VÉSINIER [chronicler of the Commune]; Paschal GROUSSET; AMARRI, AMIOT, ANNOY, AUBRY, BAUDOIN, BÉNOT, BOUDOILLE, BOUDIN, CREMIEUX, CLUSERET, HUMBERT, DALIVOUX, FRIMBERT, GRÉLIER, HENRY, KOBLER, LAMORLIERE, LANGAIGNE, LECOMTE, LUCIPIA, MAGNIER, PASCAL, PERDRIX, RACINE, ROUILLAC, RONIN, SAINT-OMER, TROUVÉ, URBAIN, VILLE.
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