Bombardment of Strasbourg

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

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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