Commune Collection (page 2)

Fiesole, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Fiesole, a town and commune of the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region of Tuscany, Italy. Date: circa 1920s

A quiet corner in Peille, France
A quiet corner in Peille, a commune perched on a rock between Monaco and Menton in the Alpes Maritimes department in south-eastern France. Date: circa 1920s

Le Bourg - Le Poinconnet, France
circa 1910s

The Church at Le Poinconnet, France
circa 1910s

A Communist Club-Room in Leicester Square
A Communist club-room in Leicester Square - French refugees in London

French Communists in London, living crowded together in basic lodgings. Date: 1872

Vive la Commune - Siege of Paris, 1871
The French Siege of Paris by Felix Regamey showing the insurrection of the Communards against government forces

Stopped at a barricade, a pass from the Paris Commune, 1871. Two fashionable women in crinoline dresses and hats show papers to a soldier with rifle. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

On the Paris Ramparts during the war of 1870. Soldier, gentleman and fashionable women on the snow-covered ramparts during the Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

Fossil skeleton of an extinct Anoplotherium commune. Copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy

Fossil skeleton of the giant ground sloth, Megatherium americanum. Megaterio di Cuvier. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Forkbeard and fivebeard rockling
Forkbeard, Phycis phycis 1 and fivebeard rockling, Ciliata mustela.2. Mustela comune, Merluzzo barbuto. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle

Damselfish and climbing perch
Damselfish, Chromis chromis 1, and climbing perch, Anabas testudineus 2. Pesce Rondinino o Rondine di mare, Anaba arrampicatore

Spotted toughshank and split gill mushroom
Spotted toughshank, Collybia maculata, and split gill mushroom, Schizophyllum commune. Chromolithograph by Lassus after an illustration by A

Skeleton of the Anoplotherium commune
Skeleton and jawbone of the Anoplotherium commune, extinct ungulate from the late Eocene to the early Oligocene. Engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d Orbignys

Aesculapian snake, grass snake and pond snake
Aesculapian snake, Zamenis longissimus 1, grass snake, Natrix natrix 2, and South American pond snake, Pseudoryx plicatilis 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Plee Jr

European viper, asp and Indian saw-scaled viper
Common European viper, Vipera berus berus 1, asp, Vipera aspis 2, and Indian saw-scaled viper, Echis carinatus 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre

Canarium nut tree, Canarium indicum, and protium
Canarium or pili nut tree, Canarium indicum, and protium tree, Protium icicariba. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants

Leontice, Leontice leontopetalum, Leontice commune. Handcoloured steel engraving by Alphonse-Leon Noel after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Bryophyta mosses: Thamnobryum alopecurum 1, Eurhynchium pumilum 2, Polytrichum commune 3, Sphagnum palustre 4, Splachnum luteum 5, Hypnum ligulatum 6, Rhodobryum roseum 7, Physcomitrium eurystomum 8

Common magpie, Pica pica, and white-throated magpie-jay, Calocitta formosa, with egg. Pie commune et pie commandeur. Handcoloured steel engraving by du Casse after an illustration by Adolph Fries

Great grey shrike, grey-backed fiscal and fiscal shrike
Great grey shrike, Lanius excubitor, grey-backed fiscal, Lanius excubitoroides, and fiscal shrike, Lanius collaris Pie Grieche commune, septentrionale, fiscal

Striped polecat, European pine marten and sable
Striped polecat, Ictonyx striatus 1, European pine marten, Martes martes 2 and sable, Martes zibellina 3. Marte zorille, marte commune, marte zibeline

Big-eyed beetle, backswimmer, darkling beetle
Big-eyed beetle, Notiophilus biguttatus, backswimmer, Nononecta species, nummulite fossil, darkling beetle, Nyctelia species, bat fly, Nycteribia species

Common peony, Paeonia officinalis
La Pivoine commune. Common peony, Paeonia officinalis. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses

Pink peony, Paeonia officinalis
La Pivoine commune couleur de chair. Pink peony, Paeonia officinalis. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus

German iris, Iris x germanica
L Iris commune. German iris, Iris x germanica. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses

Canarium nut, Canarium indicum
Canarium nut, Manila elemi or Java almond, Canarium indicum (Canarium commune). Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley

Mayor signing documents, Brittany, Northern France
Mayor signing legal documents, Brittany, Northern France. His traditional costume includes pleated breeches and heavy wooden clogs. 1922

Freneuse, France - The Pigeon
An 18th century Manorial Dovecote (" pigeonnier seigneurial" ) at Freneuse a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France. Date: circa 1910s

DOMINICANS MASSACRED
Massacre of the Dominicans of Arcueil - perceived as apostles of the Inquisition - by the Communards as they face defeat. May 1871

Communard forces reinforcing their position at Montmartre, digging trenches and placing cannon. Leftwing National Guard soldiers supported the Commune and helped to hold Montmartre

Paris in danger from communards

Club des Femmes in the church of Saint-Germain l Auxerrois during the Paris Commune. Date: 1871

Longpre-les-Corps-Saints, France - Cavee Vincent
Longpre-les-Corps-Saints - Cavee Vincent - a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. circa 1905

Nogent-sur-Seine, Aube, France - The Station
Nogent-sur-Seine, a commune in the Aube department in north-central France - The Railway Station. circa 1905

Rue de la Montagne Saint-Aignan, Senlis, a commune in the northern French department of Oise, France. Date: circa 1900s

Destruction in the Rue Royale; Paris Commune 1871
Burning of the Rue Royale during the fighting that accompanied the end of the Paris Commune, 1871. As the Communards retreated they set fire to many parts of Paris to keep the Versailles Army at bay

Communards defending the Elysee Palace; Paris Commune 1871
Communards defending barricades near the Elysee Palace, during fighting with the Versailles Governments troops, Paris, 1871. Date: 1871

Pulling down the Red Flag, Grand Opera House; Paris Commune
Red Flag being taken down from the Grand Opera House in Paris, indicating the fall of the Paris Commune of 1871. As the Commune fell 8 days of bloody revenge began

Gustave Flourens released from prison by revolutionaries
The release of Gustave Florens (1838-1871), the French Revolutionary leader, by some of his followers, Mazas, France, 1871

Communards cleaning out the coffers of the Church 1871
Communards cleaning out the coffers of a convent of the Little Sisters of the Poor, during the Paris Commune of 1871. The Communards were anti-religious

French Military Personnel 1871
Portraits of military personnel including: a veteran, a mastermind, a doctor, a stretcher bearer, an officer of state, a home guard, a drummer, a captain in the home guard, a foot soldier

Interior of the Gun-Boat La Commune; Paris Commune 1871
The interior of the Communard gun-boat La Commune, shown equipped with cannon, during the Paris Commune of 1871. The second siege of Paris in 1871 was caused by civil war

The Women of Versailles; Paris Commune 1871
French prisoners guarded, with women looking for loved ones, during the Paris Commune. Date: 1871

Freemasons planting banners outside the Porte Maillot; Paris
A group of Freemasons planting their banners in front of the Porte Maillot, during the Paris Commune, April 1871. The Freemasons were one of many groups who tried to encourage Thiers

Masonic Banners on the Paris Ramparts; Paris Commune 1871
Masonic banners flying on the Paris ramparts, near the Octroi Gate and Porte Maillot, 1871. The Freemasons were one of many groups who tried to encourage Thiers

Cutting through the Vendome Column; Paris Commune 1871
A group of Communards cutting through the base of the column in the Place Vendome, Paris, 1871. The Communards decided to remove the column, a symbol of imperial splendour

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