Ernst Eugéne Appert photography dokumentation - 1871

Photo as dokumentary: Three photomontages by Ernst Eugéne Appert. Three scenes, in the form of three cabinet card photos, from 1871.

All three photomontages created by E. Appert.

* The photograph is an albumen silver print from a glass negative.
* Although the image depicts a real event, it is actually a reconstruction, in which Appert used actors in his studio.
* Appert then cut and pasted the faces of the actual participants of the Paris Commune on top of the actors' bodies.
* The image is part of a collection related to the siege and the Commune of Paris in 1870-1871.

The massacre of the Dominicans in Arcueil, Route d'Italie n° 38, 25 May 1871, at 4:30

The prison at the Versailles shipyard, dated 15 August 1871. Ernest Eugène Appert

Scene showing the execution of the "Hostages of the Commune" before their execution on the ramparts of Grande Roquette on 24 May 1871.