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Description: | Signed: yes Description: During the Siege of Paris, lasting from September 19, 1870 - January 28, 1871, which brought about French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, the French people suffered a period of great famine and poverty. The painting, completed after the events occurred, ironically shows a boy as an improvised butcher, selling rats on the streets of Paris. | Subjects: | history (Siege of Paris); trade and industry | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Chaillou, Narcisse (French painter, born 1837, active 1870-1896) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8451... | Go to resource |
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Republique Francaise Franco-Prussian War 1870-1
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