- Title Information
- Title
- Garde Impériale Voltigeur
- Title Information:
translated
- Title
- Imperial Guard light infantryman
- Name:
Personal
- Name Part
- Crémière, Léon
- Name Part:
Date
- 1831-1913
- Role
- Role Term:
Text
- photographer
- Origin Information
- Place
- Place Term:
Code (MARC Country Code)
- fr
- Place Term:
Text
- Paris
- Publisher
- C et H
- Date Issued
- 1869-1871
- Date Issued:
Start
- 1869
- Date Issued:
End
- 1871
- Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photograph
- Abstract
- A traditional part of the French Army, cantinières were attached to battalions of
the French army and wore a soldier's uniform, as represented in this "carte de visite".
While they would be primarily in charge of carrying food and drink to soldiers, they would
also participate in some assaults or battles such as those of the Franco-Prussian War
(1870-1871). Despite the horrific defeat of the French by the Germans in this war, the city
of Paris refused to surrender to German occupation of the capital. Although the newly
elected French National Assembly, under the direction of Adolphe Thiers, accepted a peace
agreement with Prussia and negotiated terms of surrender in March of 1871, the city of Paris
refused submission to Thiers and the Germans, and opted instead to elect a municipal council
known as the Commune of Paris. Officially established on March 18th and comprised mainly of
members of the working class, the Commune was considered to be a socialist government formed
by and for the people, and represented an attempt for Parisians to rewrite laws and reclaim
power from the bottom. Shortly after establishing itself, the Commune passed laws that
lowered rent, granted freedom of the press, separated church and state, and improved general
working conditions for Parisian citizens. The Commune's socialist approach depended on
representation of the city as a whole, including women. Women played an active role in
participating in various committees and serving as soldiers in battles against the
Versailles government. One club, known as the "Union des femmes pour la défense de Paris et
les soins aux blessés," founded by Marx's friend Elizabeth Dmitrieff, was an especially
active association of women who helped to aid wounded communards. The cantinières were
affiliated with this group, and were responsible for providing food and drink to the
National Guard of the Commune. They were known to carry coffee or brandy in their casks and
were often observed marching and fighting with their battalion.
- Subject
- Topic
- Women soldiers
- Geographic
- France
- Temporal
- 19th century
- Subject
- Temporal
- Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871
- Topic
- Food supply
- Subject
- Geographic
- France
- Topic
- History
- Temporal
- Commune, 1871
- Subject
- Topic
- Vivandière
- Subject
(displayLabel="Thematic Category")
- Topic
- Art
- Topic
- Photographs
- Subject
(displayLabel="Thematic Category")
- Topic
- Social Life
- Topic
- Gender studies
- Subject
(displayLabel="Thematic Category")
- Topic
- Government and Politics
- Topic
- Wars
- Subject
(displayLabel="Thematic Category")
- Topic
- Art
- Topic
- Fashion
- Subject
(displayLabel="Historical Period")
- Topic
- 1870-1871 (War, Siege, the Commune)
- Related Item:
Host
(displayLabel="Collection:")
- Title Information
- Title
- Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military
Collection
- Identifier:
COLID
- 6
- Identifier:
URI
- http://dl.lib.brown.edu/paris
- Identifier:
METSID
- 1113403726284750
- Type of Resource
- still image
- Access Condition:
rights statement
(href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/")
- No Copyright - United States
- Access Condition:
restriction on access
- Collection is open for research.