Les ministres de Napoléon III, Paris, by Ernest Eugene Appert, circa 1865

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During and after the Paris Commune of 1871 Eugène Appert (1814-1891) created composite albumen prints to highlight key events in a series entitled Crimes of the Commune (Crimes de la Commune). Each of the printed composites was accompanied with printed details that provided the evidence for what was being supposedly being shown. The prints were used as propaganda by the French National Government, led by Adolph Thiers, to justify the brutal suppression of the commune and the executions that followed.

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Size: 3648px × 2266px
Location: France
Photo credit: © Archive Farms. Inc / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 19th, archival, cabinet, century, historical, history, iii, ministry, napolé, photography, phtl