Sujet

The French Siege of Paris: mitrailleuse with shields, 1871. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The French Siege of Paris: mitrailleuse with shields, 1871. 'The trench was followed up by tirailleurs, one battery of field artillery and one of mitrailleuses [machine guns] were pushed on along the railway, and a third force advanced from Clamart village. Against these the insurgents could not hold ground, and retired'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM24A70_327

Model release

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

29,5Mo (2,4Mo) / 31,2cm x 23,7cm / 3683 x 2803 (300dpi)

Mots clés

female women woman people male technology man men arts country French France Paris art guy British weapon weapons gun guns war location century Britain newspapers press soldiers soldier print rifles rifle SHIELD shields concept machine gun B&W artillery warfare engraved engraving Armoured 19th century black & white black and white B W weaponry Ile-de-France civilian civilians nineteenth century The Print Collector 1870-1871 Franco-Prussian War Illustrated London News Siege of Paris TGN wood engraving ILN mitrailleuse newspaper Unknown 19th-century The Illustrated London News