Foreword / Glenn D. Lowry
Manet and the execution of Maximilian
Introduction : remembering Querétaro
Art of intervention. Repression in France, Reform in Mexico ; French intervention, Manet's response ; Eagles in Mexico, angels in France ; The road to Querétaro
Resonance of execution. First impressions : the Boston painting ; Past reminders ; The report of the present ; Time, space, and narration
Sense of ending. The memory of the present : the London painting ; Changing places : the lithograph and the Copenhagen painting ; The well-known end : the Mannheim painting ; The time of the execution ; Witnessing the execution
Appendix. Bibliographical note ; Newspaper excerpts / Anna Swinbourne.
