XIR164871 The Vendome column just after its fall, Federes and fake sailors putting the red flag in the pedestal, 16th May 1871 (engraving) (b/w photo) by Lancon, Auguste Andre (1836-87); Private Collection; (add.info.: Commune of Paris, insurrection of Paris from 18th March to 28th May 1871; Communards led by Gustave Courbet tore down the column; during 1873-74 the column was reestablished; column in the style of Trajan\'s Column in Rome, built in 1806-10, stone core encased in the bronze of 1250 cannons captured at the Battle of Austerlitz;); French, out of copyright.