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  Item Reference: Child E/21/38

Description

Album du siège : Recueil de caricatures publiées pendant le siège de Paris, 1870-1871, dans le Charivari (Les Caricatures du dix-neuvième siècle). Book of caricatures of the Siege of Paris collected by Edwin Child, trapped in Paris during the Franco-Prussian War. Child volunteered for the Garde Nationale de la Seine, Nov 1870-Feb 1871 and returned to England after the lifting of the siege in 1871.  

Collection

Soldiers And Civilians: Child, E

Description

The interaction of soldiers and civilians in a Paris besieged by Prussian forces between 1870 and 1871 is captured in a series of remarkable publiications of caricatures and cartoons that highlight the political role of the military in time of war. These were collected by Edwin Child, a British seed…

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