La Barricade de la rue de la Mortellerie, juin 1848 ("The Barricade of rue de la Mortellerie, June 1848") by Ernest Meissonnier / zoom
Sketch made on the spot. Notice the red, white and blue of the foreground.
It led to a regime that was exceptionally autocratic, corrupt and repressive, and to the military transformation of Paris (coming next).
In brief
Recommended sources
The History of the 1848 Revolution (in French; can be read on the web) by Daniel Stern, pen name of Marie d'Agoult and Souvenirs by Alexis de Toqueville. Both were nobles, Toqueville conservative, Stern extraordinarily liberal.
Memories of a Revolutionary, from June 1848 to the Commune by Gustave Lefrançais, 1886-87, re-ed. 2013 (in French).
A modern narrative: Red Paris in "A history of the barricade" by Éric Hazan (2015).
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