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| Keywords: Ernest Eugène Appert, Assassinat des généraux Clément Tomas et Jules Lecomte, 1871.jpg en Following France ™s defeat in the Franco-Prussian War and the fall of Napoleon III thousands of Parisians revolted against the new royalist-leaning government and declared Paris an independent commune Weeks of fighting ensued during which Versailles troops attacked the city while the Communards threw up barricades shot hostages and burned government buildings Soon afterward Appert a Parisian portrait photographer issued Crimes of the Commune a tendentious series of nine photographs of the insurrection that emphasized the criminal brutality of the rebels Although based on real events the photographs were utterly fabricated Appert hired actors to restage each scene in his studio then cut and pasted the figures onto the appropriate backgrounds; atop the actors ™ bodies he pasted headshots of the Commune ™s key participants The photographs were later banned by the French government for disturbing the public peace by sustaining anti-Communard sentiments ”a testament to their effectiveness as political propaganda <br>N B The former rue des Rosiers Commune de Montmartre was renamed rue du Chevalier-de-la-Barre in 1885 fr Exposition La Commune de Paris à l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris 18 mars - 28 mai 2011 - 18 mars Assassinat des généraux Clément-Thomas et Lecomte rue des Rosiers 6 à Montmartre - Photomontage d'Eugène Appert - Bibliothèque historique de la Ville de Paris <br>N B L'ancienne rue des Rosiers Commune de Montmartre a été rebaptisée rue du Chevalier-de-la-Barre en 1885 1871 Albumen silver print from glass negative Sheet 36 x 46 cm 14 3/16 x 18 1/8 in object history exhibition history credit line Joyce F Menschel Photography Library Fund 2012 accession number 2012 352 3 190056775 PD-Old Ernest-Eugène Appert Claude Lecomte Clément-Thomas Rue du Chevalier-de-La-Barre Paris 1871 Firing squad Paris Commune photographs Images of Paris from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Photographs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Executions in France Ernest Eugène Appert, Assassinat des généraux Clément Tomas et Claude Lecomte, 1871.jpg en Following France ™s defeat in the Franco-Prussian War and the fall of Napoleon III thousands of Parisians revolted against the new royalist-leaning government and declared Paris an independent commune Weeks of fighting ensued during which Versailles troops attacked the city while the Communards threw up barricades shot hostages and burned government buildings Soon afterward Appert a Parisian portrait photographer issued Crimes of the Commune a tendentious series of nine photographs of the insurrection that emphasized the criminal brutality of the rebels Although based on real events the photographs were utterly fabricated Appert hired actors to restage each scene in his studio then cut and pasted the figures onto the appropriate backgrounds; atop the actors ™ bodies he pasted headshots of the Commune ™s key participants The photographs were later banned by the French government for disturbing the public peace by sustaining anti-Communard sentiments ”a testament to their effectiveness as political propaganda <br>N B The former rue des Rosiers Commune de Montmartre was renamed rue du Chevalier-de-la-Barre in 1885 fr Exposition La Commune de Paris à l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris 18 mars - 28 mai 2011 - 18 mars Assassinat des généraux Clément-Thomas et Lecomte rue des Rosiers 6 à Montmartre - Photomontage d'Eugène Appert - Bibliothèque historique de la Ville de Paris <br>N B L'ancienne rue des Rosiers Commune de Montmartre a été rebaptisée rue du Chevalier-de-la-Barre en 1885 1871 Albumen silver print from glass negative Sheet 36 x 46 cm 14 3/16 x 18 1/8 in object history exhibition history credit line Joyce F Menschel Photography Library Fund 2012 accession number 2012 352 3 190056775 PD-Old Ernest-Eugène Appert Claude Lecomte Clément-Thomas Rue du Chevalier-de-La-Barre Paris 1871 Firing squad Paris Commune photographs Images of Paris from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Photographs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Executions in France | ||||
