FIGHTING IN PARIS: COMMUNIST PRISONERS

Original 15 3/4 inch x 22 inch Engraving titled FIGHTING IN PARIS: COMMUNIST PRISONERS.

The French Army officially recorded the capture of 43,522 prisoners during and immediately after Bloody Week. Of these, 1,054 were women, and 615 were under the age of 16. They were marched in groups of 150 or 200, escorted by cavalrymen, to Versailles or the Camp de Satory where they were held in extremely crowded and unsanitary conditions until they could be tried.

From The Illustrated London News June 3, 1871

The engraving is in very good condition with 1 vertical centre fold.