5233945 Gustave Coubert, French painter and member of the Paris Commune in 1871 (litho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gustave Coubert (1819-1877), French painter and member of the Paris Commune in 1871. During the Franco-Prussian War Courbet proposed that the Vendome Column, erected to commemorate the military victories of Napoleon I, be removed from the Place Vendome. He was imprisoned for six months and then exiled for his part in the Commune.); Look and Learn / Elgar Collection; European, out of copyright.