Paris and the Commune – Historic Poster Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This vintage poster of Paris and the Commune brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Paris and the Commune
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Few posters of the period turned a political catastrophe into summer entertainment, yet this one does. Its title refers to the Paris Commune, the revolutionary government that held the French capital for about ten weeks in 1871 before the national army retook it in a week of street fighting. The lithograph advertises a fireworks spectacle devised by Pain of London and presented at Manhattan Beach, the Brooklyn seaside resort, with music by Gilmore's Band under Patrick Gilmore. The record's subject terms, which include fireworks, bridges, and the Commune's campaigns, suggest the show used Paris's bridges over the Seine as pyrotechnic scenery for the battle.
| Created / published | 1891 |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 44 x 61 cm. |
| Notes | W27594 U.S. Copyright Office Created by Sackett & Wilhelms Litho. Co. N.Y. Invented & introduced by Pain of London. Caption: Gilmores Band. At head of title: Manhattan Beach. · Pain James. Gilmores Band. |
| Subjects | Paris (France)--History--Commune 1871--Campaigns & battles. Fireworks--France--Paris. Bridges--France--Paris. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Performing Arts Posters |
| Original scan | 2,714 × 1,956 px · prints to 9 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-THR-272336 |
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