Sujet

The French Siege of Paris: fishing in troubled waters, Pont de Neuilly, 1871. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The French Siege of Paris: fishing in troubled waters, Pont de Neuilly, 1871. 'It is curious to observe the people in that neighbourhood, and even fishermen angling in the river above the bridge of Neuilly, perfectly calm and cool while the missiles of destruction are hurled across the sky overhead'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM24A70_302

Model release

NA

Property release

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

9,3Mo (862,8Ko) / 15,8cm x 14,6cm / 1871 x 1729 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation river people male man men boat boats arts country French France danger fishing Paris art guy dangerous bridge bridges British geography structure explosion war Seine River Seine location century rowing boat Britain newspapers angling fishing rod angler anglers press fishing rods print explosions wartime concept B&W rowboat engraved engraving peril 19th century water transport civil war black & white black and white B W Ile-de-France civilian civilians nineteenth century The Print Collector 1870-1871 Franco-Prussian War geographical feature Hauts-de-Seine Illustrated London News Siege of Paris TGN wood engraving ILN newspaper Unknown 19th-century The Illustrated London News