4-Antique Prints-LIFE DENIS-AUGUSTE JAFFRE-BISHOP-DEATH-Charpentier-Calix-c.1852

‘INSURRECTION DE JUIN 1848.
DEVOUEMENT DE MGR DENIS-AUGUSTE AFFRE, ARCHEVEQUE DE PARIS.
LA RESOLUTION ? VISITE AU GAL CAVAIGNAC. VOUS VOUS EXPOSEZ, MONSEIGNEUR… QU?IMPORTE! SI MA VIE PEUT ETRE UTILE…
SCENES AUTHENTIQUES, PUBLIEES AVEC L?APPROBATION DE M.M. LES VICAIRES GENERAUX…
NEW-YORK, PUBLISHED BY GOUPIL, VIBERT & C?, 289 BROADWAY. PARIS, GOUPIL, VIBERT & CIE EDITEURS. LONDON, E. GAMBART & C?, 25 BERNERS ST. IMP. LITH. DE CATTIER.
AMEDEE CHARPENTIER D?APRES COMPTE-CALIX.’

– Denis-Auguste Affre (1793-1848) was a French clergyman who served as Archbishop of Paris from 1840 to 1848. He was killed while trying to negotiate peace during the June Days uprising of 1848. Plate 1: Archbishop Affre is seen ascending a grand stairway, addressing General Cavaignac amid a gathering of politicians, officers, and common people. Several figures hold tricolour flags. The moment precedes Affre’s fateful intervention at the barricades during the June Days uprising. Plate 2: Archbishop Affre stands atop a barricade, arms raised, speaking to a crowd of armed workers and wounded insurgents, while soldiers look on. He is accompanied by a man holding a branch of peace. Behind, smoke rises as fighting continues in the background. Plate 3: Archbishop Affre is shown receiving the last rites in a domestic room. A priest holds a ciborium while several clergy and lay figures kneel or watch in grief. Blood-stained linens lie nearby, and the setting is deeply intimate, with emotional figures and religious decor. Plate 4: Archbishop Affre lies on his deathbed surrounded by mourning clergy and civilians. Several kneel in prayer; others stand solemnly. A crucifix hangs above the bed, and a priest gestures skyward while offering final rites. A scene of reverent grief and martyrdom.