3-079-502 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Ceci a tué cela, 1871. (This killed that). Allegorical figure pointing at the Urne Électorale (ballot box) with the word 'oui' ('yes') floating above it. The bodies lying around her are the victims of the conflict which happened as a result of the 1870 plebiscite during the Franco-Prussian war. From Actualités (News of the day), published in Le Charivari, February 9, 1871.