Rue Transnonain, April 15, 1834

1834

Lithograph, image 28.6 × 44.1 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

A man lies dead beside his bed, a child crushed under him, in an apartment after soldiers stormed the building and killed people inside.

It records a real event of the April 1834 riots in Paris.
After it appeared in a print-seller's window, Smarthistory reports, police tried to track down copies and confiscated the stone.
No hero and no symbol: one room, one family, as a witness might have found it.

Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · Public Domain (Met Open Access)