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Crimes de la Commune

Photograph
1871 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Photograph carte-de-visite of a firing squad taking aim at a man against a wall on a Paris street.


Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • Crimes de la Commune (series title)
  • Faked photograph of execution by firing squad (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Silver Gelatin print
Brief description
Faked image of an execution during the Paris Commune, photograph by Ernest Eugène Appert, 1871
Physical description
Photograph carte-de-visite of a firing squad taking aim at a man against a wall on a Paris street.
Dimensions
  • Postcard height: 107mm
  • Postcard width: 163mm
  • Photograph height: 98mm
  • Photograph width: 139mm
Subject depicted
Place depicted
Collection
Accession number
4480-1931

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Record createdOctober 17, 2008
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