A rare albumen stereoview documents the gutted facade of the Tuileries Palace viewed from the Jardin des Tuileries, made in the immediate aftermath of the Paris Commune of 1871. The yellow cardboard mount bears the printed series title "Insurrection de Paris" in red gilt lettering on both vertical side panels, and the lens-side panel carries the imprint "Photog. par Q.V. à Paris," identifying the publisher as Q.V. of Paris. Communards set fire to the Palais des Tuileries on 23 May 1871 as their defeat drew near, and photographers documented the ruins in the weeks that followed.

The stereo pair shows the long neoclassical elevation of the palace stripped bare: empty window casings gape across three full stories, the ornamental stonework and pilasters intact but the interior wholly consumed, and ornate arched ground-floor bays stand open to the sky. A reflecting pool in the foreground doubles the burnt shell in a still, mirror-like reflection, and a line of trimmed ornamental trees borders the garden walk between the pool and the palace wall. The two images are tightly matched, printed on matte albumen paper and mounted flush to the bright yellow card.

The blaze raged for two days, reducing the interiors to ashes and leaving only the exterior walls standing, and the photograph captures exactly that outcome: a monumental stone shell. The National Assembly voted in 1882 to clear away the ruins, which stood for over a decade before being completely demolished in 1883, making views such as this one among the only photographic records of the palace in its ruined state.

The reverse bears a printed paper label reading "N. Insurrection de Paris. / Le jardin des Tuileries" (The Tuileries Garden), along with a retailer's label for Leonard B. Ellis, Fine Art Rooms, paintings, looking-glasses, engravings, and artists' materials, 40 William Street, New Bedford, Massachusetts.