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LSE4326213: The hara kiri: condemnation of a noble to ritual suicide; condemns him, a knee on the white mat will use the knife to open his belly, then the samurai stands behind him, decapitates him with a sword. Engraving to illustrate the voyage to Japan, in 1863-1864, by Aime Humbert, minister of the Swiss Confederation, in “” Le tour du monde, nouveau journal des voyages”” published under the direction of Edouard Charton, 1867, Paris. Selva Collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4325724: Abundance of game on the banks of the Zambese. Engravure to illustrate Dr. Livingstone's first voyages to Southern Africa from 1840 to 1856, in “Le tour du monde, nouveau journal des voyages”” published under the direction of Edouard Charton, 1866, Paris. Selva Collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4328800: The suicide of the Emperor (negus) of Ethiopia Theodoros II (Tewodros) (circa 1818-1868), on April 13, 1868, after the capture of Magdala by the English, where the negus had retreated. Engraving to illustrate the story “” les captifs de Theodoros””, by Doctor Henry Blanc, in 1866-1868, published in “” Le tour du monde””” 1869, edited by Edouard Charton, edition Hachette, Paris. Selva Collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images