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Main Street in N'dar-tout by Edouard Riou — VisualArtsDB

Main Street in N'dar-tout

Main Street in N'dar-tout

1889

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Bodo Fort, Interior and Exterior, Colonial French Africa

Bodo Fort, Interior and Exterior, Colonial French Africa

Edouard Riou, 1890

Msiri's Interpreter and Spies in the Stairs Expedition's Camp at Bunkeya. During a Stand-off in Negotiations, This Group Arrived in the Expedition's Fortified Camp with a Message from Msiri (note the Tent and Palisade in the Background, Right). the Drummers Kept Playing All the Time, and the Expedition Only Found out Later These were Talking Drums, and the Drummers were Sending Information About the Camp's Defences, Number of Armed Men and Their Deployment to Msiri.

Msiri's Interpreter and Spies in the Stairs Expedition's Camp at Bunkeya. During a Stand-off in Negotiations, This Group Arrived in the Expedition's Fortified Camp with a Message from Msiri (note the Tent and Palisade in the Background, Right). the Drummers Kept Playing All the Time, and the Expedition Only Found out Later These were Talking Drums, and the Drummers were Sending Information About the Camp's Defences, Number of Armed Men and Their Deployment to Msiri.

Edouard Riou

Msiri's Compound at Bunkeya. the Objects on Top of the Four Poles, Around Which Some of Msiri's Warriors are Gathered, are Heads of His Enemies. More Skulls are on the Stakes Forming the Stockade.

Msiri's Compound at Bunkeya. the Objects on Top of the Four Poles, Around Which Some of Msiri's Warriors are Gathered, are Heads of His Enemies. More Skulls are on the Stakes Forming the Stockade.

Edouard Riou, 1892

Press Illustration of Act 1 of the Premiere of Jacques Offenbach's Operetta La Grande-duchesse De Gérolstein at the Théâtre Des Variétés in Paris on 12 April 1867 from L'univers Illlustré (27 April 1867)

Press Illustration of Act 1 of the Premiere of Jacques Offenbach's Operetta La Grande-duchesse De Gérolstein at the Théâtre Des Variétés in Paris on 12 April 1867 from L'univers Illlustré (27 April 1867)

Edouard Riou, 1867

"ardjoumani Et Ses Fils, Roi De Bondoukou"

"ardjoumani Et Ses Fils, Roi De Bondoukou"

Edouard Riou, 1892

Fort of Bamako, Built in 1883

Fort of Bamako, Built in 1883

Edouard Riou, 1889

Mosque in Sorobango, of Traditional Baked-mud Sudano-sahelian Architecture, in Northern Côte D'ivoire.

Mosque in Sorobango, of Traditional Baked-mud Sudano-sahelian Architecture, in Northern Côte D'ivoire.

Edouard Riou, 1892

Wolof Girl in Saint-louis

Wolof Girl in Saint-louis

Edouard Riou, 1889

a Whale Swims Between Two Icebergs, Where It is Crushed. the Whalers Manage to Cut the Wire in Time and Save Themselves

a Whale Swims Between Two Icebergs, Where It is Crushed. the Whalers Manage to Cut the Wire in Time and Save Themselves

Edouard Riou

a Ship in a Hurricane.

a Ship in a Hurricane.

Edouard Riou

Gravure Du Journal Le Monde Illustré N° 38 Du 2 Janvier 1858

Gravure Du Journal Le Monde Illustré N° 38 Du 2 Janvier 1858

Edouard Riou, 1857

View of Gorée

View of Gorée

Edouard Riou, 1889