Victor Henri Rochefort, Marquis de Rochefort-Luçay
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Victor Henri Rochefort, Marquis de Rochefort-Luçay was a French writer of vaudevilles and politician. He was born in Paris and died in Aix-les-Bains.
Henri Rochefort, by Nadar
Rochefort circa 1865. Photo by Disderi
Rochefort's Escape by Édouard Manet (1881)
Édouard Manet: Henri Rochefort (1881)
Victor Noir
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Victor Noir, born Yvan Salmon, was a French journalist. After he was shot and killed by Prince Pierre Bonaparte, a cousin of the French Emperor Napoleon III, Noir became a symbol of opposition to the imperial regime. His tomb in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris has become a fertility symbol.
Illustration of Noir, 1900
CP - Tombeaux historiques - 002 - Noir
The face of Victor Noir on the tomb
The tomb photographed in 2007, with flowers and visibly rubbed crotch area