Railway carriages of a train representing the year 1880 are hit by an explosion caused by women. Coloured wood engraving by Yves et Barret, 1879.

Date:
1879
Reference:
36616i
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The explosion is being lit by women, possibly representing Hubertine Auclert and the suffragist movements in which she participated such as Le Droit des femmes, founded in 1876

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[Paris] : [publisher not identified]

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1 print : wood engraving, with watercolour ; image 31 x 23.4 cm

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Prix du numéro et du supplément: 60 centimes.

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Wellcome Collection 36616i

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Companion print to catalogue number 36615i

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