Bombardment of Strasbourg

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Bombardment of Strasbourg. The cathedral and its surroundings in the night of August 24.

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Artist

Name:
Férat, Jules
Dates:
1829-1906
Country:
France

Illustration

Subject:
Buildings & Monuments
Technique:
Wood Engraving
Engraver:
Daudenarde, Louis (aka Amédée Daudenarde)
Format:
Portrait (taller)
Source:
Old Book Illustrations

Book

Title:
Histoire de la révolution de 1870-71
Author:
Claretie, Jules
Publisher:
Paris: le journal l'Éclipse, 1871

Description:

Bombardment of Strasbourg in the night of August 24, 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War.
The caption reads in the original French: Bombardement de Strasbourg. — La cathédrale et ses abords, dans la nuit du 24 août.

Histoire de la révolution de 1870-71 was first published as a series of fascicles by L’Éclipse, a weekly newspaper owned by François Polo. Polo published the text in book format some time later at Librairie Polo, which he also founded.

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