In a street of Paris at a blockade, during the Franco-Prussian War in 1871, three men, supporters of Paris Commune, are shot. The lively linework created by various applications of chalk to the stone give the impression of an on-the-spot work. Execution by firing squad of supporters of Paris Commune La Barricade, print maker: Edouard Manet, intermediary draughtsman: Edouard Manet, printer: Lemercier & Cie., (mentioned on object), Paris, 1871

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