This grave is the final resting place of republican Denis Dussoubs (1818-1851). After taking part in the revolution of 1848, he opposed the coup d'état of 1851: he donned the tricolour scarf of his brother, a socialist deputy, to go to the barricade in the rue Montorgueil in Paris. Advancing alone and unarmed in front of the troops to convince the soldiers to rally to the Republic, he died from a rifle bullet. Like Alphonse Baudin and, later, Victor Noir, he became a Republican martyr, and it is as such that his tomb is known.

On the stele, a bronze bas-relief depicts a barricade in the centre; on the right, Denis Dussoubs, standing, extends his right hand in the direction of a platoon of soldiers who are aiming at him; on the left, an officer, sword raised, commands the execution; in the background, close to Denis Dussoubs, a soldier with a lantern illuminates the figure of the combatant so that he can be safely aimed at. The name of the street, "Mauconseil", can be read in this light. A laurel wreath and a bronze palm leaf are set into the stele above the bas-relief. On the back of the monument are the words "Je meurs avec la République" ("I die with the Republic"), his last words (Victor Hugo, Histoire d'un crime). All the ornamentation for this tomb, raised by democratic subscription in 1880, was created by the sculptor Charles Capellaro.

Charles Capellaro (1826-1899) was a talented sculptor who won three medals at national exhibitions. He joined the 195th Battalion of the National Guard as a guard and became the legion's delegate to the Central Committee. A member of the municipal delegation of the 11th arrondissement, he was a member of the committee that had the guillotine requisitioned and burnt in front of the town hall of the 11th arrondissement. In 1872, he was sentenced to simple deportation to New Caledonia.

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