Ruins of the Town Hall, office courtyard., Theodor Josef Hubert Hoffbauer, between 1875 and 1882

This print shows several archways of an office building, once part of the hôtel de ville, in ruins. Such destruction of public property associated with the government of the second empire was not uncommon during the commune's siege of paris. Date: between 1875 and 1882. Dimensions: 16.2 x 11.4 cm. Medium: lithograph. Collection: Brown University Library. Ruines de l'Hôtel de Ville, cour des bureaux