TO THE MARTYRS OF FREEDOM ANONYMOUS. To the Martyrs of...

TO THE MARTYRS OF FREEDOM
ANONYMOUS.
To the Martyrs of Freedom.
Paris, on sale at Duclaux, 21 Place du Château-d’Eau; available at Madre, 20 Rue du Croissant, [1870–1871].
Colored patriotic lithograph depicting the winged allegory of the Republic / Liberty towering over several dead or wounded French soldiers.
Text at the top:
“Hail, thrice hail, sons of the Republic,
Defenders of Strasbourg, Paris, or Châteaudun!
Liberty owes you the civic crown
For those bloody memories when we were one!”
Moving republican imagery commemorating the French victims of the 1870 war.
Paper slightly browned, with a crease and a small tear in the lower left corner.