Alix Payen was a French Communard ambulance driver. She is known for her letters to her family, which were published after her death.
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Portrait of Henri Payen.
Filigree and enamel frame, created by Henri Payen and presented at the 1862 Universal Exhibition in London.
Bivouac after the battle of Le Bourget, December 21st 1870, oil on canvas by Alphonse de Neuville in 1873, kept at the Musée d'Orsay. Paul Milliet takes part in the battle of Le Bourget.
Alix Payen's mother and youngest sister witnessed the uprising of 22 January 1871. The Breton mobile guard fired from the town hall at the crowd and the National Guard.
Attack by night (Moulin Saquet), aquatint by Léopold Desbrosses in 1871, in the British Museum. Representation of the war in Vitry.
Construction of a barricade on Place Blanche on March 19, 1871, watercolour by Jean-Baptiste Arnaud-Durbec. Preserved in the Carnavalet Museum in Paris.
Letter addressed to Félix Milliet, passed in Saint-Denis on May 15, 1871.About this person
Country
FranceStatus
deceased
Dates
Lived 1842 to 1903 · aged 61
Written about in
5 languages
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