XEE4151199: Adolphe Thiers (1797-1877) French politician, proclaimed “Liberator of the territory” at a sitting in the Chamber of Deputes, in Versailles, 16 June 1877 Leon Gambetta greeted the depute for liberating France from the German occupation troops after the War of 1870 - according to the painting of 1877 by Jules Arsene Garnier (1847-1889), Garnier, Jules Arsene (1847-89) (after) / Bridgeman Images