Incendie de la préfecture, mai 71, Paris

One of a pair of original water-colors signed by Fort; mounted officer riding towards left behind advancing infantry, building partially visible in right background, wounded or dead soldier in right foreground. [See also: French Government troops charging during the Commune.] One of a pair of original water-colors signed by Fort; mounted officer riding towards left behind advancing infantry, building partially visible in right background, wounded or dead soldier in right foreground. [See also: French Government troops charging during the Commune.] Small oblong folio, matted; no margins; clean. Title supplied by cataloger. New York, Rockman Prints, 1950.