Franco-Prussian War: foreign ambulance staff in the Siege of Paris. Coloured transfer lithograph by Draner (J. Renard), 1871.

  • Draner, 1833-1926.
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[1871?]
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21931i
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The wagon and the two stretcher bearers in the background appear to be contributions of the American ambulance service which operated during the siege. British, Dutch, Irish, Austrian, and Belgian Red Cross societies also sent aid. The cynical attitude of the cigar-smoking man in the foreground is described as having been found in the French population rather than among the foreign volunteers: "in Paris and in the provinces, men hoping to avoid military service were found dressed as volunteer nurses with the Red Cross armband"--among examples cited by Seltzer, op. cit.

Publication/Creation

Paris (16 Rue du Croissant) : L'Éclipse, [1871?] (Paris : Imp. Coulboeuf)

Physical description

1 print : transfer lithograph, with watercolour ; border 22.4 x 15.6 cm

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Souvenirs du Siège de Paris. Ambulances internationales. Pourvu qu'ils ne me donnent par trop de besogne. Draner. Bears number: 17

References note

Bibliographie de la France, 14 janvier 1871, no. 37 ("Souvenirs du siége de Paris : Garde mobile (officier). -- Ambulances internationales. ... Lith. par Draner. Paris, imp. Coulboeuf.")--Image of France database no. 90483
Jean Adhémar and Jacques Lethève, Inventaire du fonds français après 1800, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome VII, Paris 1954, pp. 75-76, no. 23 ("Souvenirs du Siège de Paris, Les défenseurs de la capitale..., au bureau de l'Éclipsé, vers 1871. Couv. et trente et une pl. coul. de sujets militaires humoristiques …")
Greg Seltzer, 'The American Ambulance in Paris, 1870-1871', Madison historical review, 2009,6 (online)

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Wellcome Collection 21931i

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