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"banner, Chinese hanging To The Dead of The [Paris] Commune" [NBS I/D 192]



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Catalogue Number
NBS I/D 192

Object Name
banner

Title
AUX MORTS DE LA COMMUNE 21-28 MAI 1871

Place
Paris & France; China

Events
Paris Commune

Creator(s)
NBS National Museum of Labour HistoryNBS National Museum of Labour History

Description
This hanging was presented to Mr and Mrs H Hutchins in 1972 when Mr Hutchins collection about the Paris Commune was on exhibition in China.

The painting, "Wall of the Communards", of the cemetery of Pere Lachaise in Paris is by Shea Yu.

In March 1871 a Commune was elected by universal male suffrage to run Paris. Its aim was to preserve the French republic against the monarchists. The Commune was suppressed by the army under Marshal MacMahon.

Materials: Silk and paper.

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