Assassinat des généraux Clément Tomas et Jules Lecomte, rue des Rosiers 6 à Montmartre deans la journée du 18 mars 1871
1870–71
Medium
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions
Sheet: 36 x 46 cm (14 3/16 x 18 1/8 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Joyce F. Menschel Photography Library Fund, 2012
Accession Number
2012.352 (3)
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Art Historical Context
In the chaotic dawn of the Paris Commune, Ernest Eugène Appert captured grim episode of revolutionary fervor with *Assassinat des généraux Clément Tomas et Jules Lecomte, des Rosiers 6 Montmartre durant la journée du 18 1871*. This albumen silver print depicts the execution of two French generals by Communard insurgents on the streets of Montmartre marking the bloody opening salvo of the 1871 uprising. As regular troops loyal to the government clashed with the radical National Guard over seized cannons, Tomas and Lecomte became tragic symbols of the Commune's volatile defiance against the post...