LSE4323620: Portrait of Gustave Noblemaire (1832-1924) who, after successfully supervising the construction of the Alger-Oran railway line until 1869, returned to Paris to take over the direction of the Paris Lyon Mediterranee company, a position he maintained for 26 years, being one of the major players in the implementation of the Freycinet plan for the railway. Engraving in “” Le petit journal”” 30/04/1892. Selva's collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4323706: Thieves at the end of the century, an organized gang posing as an investigating judge, the chief of the security and his agents, broke in with a false warrant for a search at the Marquis de Panisse, rue Marceau, and took furniture, paintings and art objects. Selva's collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4323860: The raising of the French flag at Timbuktu (Mali) by the Lieutenant Colonel Francois Xavier Bonnier (1857-1944) during the French conquest of the French Sudan (actual Mali) - The French flag displays in Timbuktu (located on the Niger River, Mali) by the column of Lieutenant Colonel Francois Xavier Bonnier (1857-1944), during the French conquete du Sudan Western. Engraving in “” Le petit journal”” 12/02/1894. Selva's collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4323943: Louis Philippe d'Orleans (1838-1894) count of Paris, on his deathbed, pretending Orleanist to the throne of France, under the name of Philip VI, he died in exile at the castle of Stowehouse, Buckinghamshire (United Kingdom). Engraving in “” Le petit journal”” 17/09/1894. Selva's collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4324000: Portrait of Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805-1894), called “the great French”, diplomat and entrepreneur, he is the main promoter of the Suez Canal, which connects Port-Said on the Mediterranean Sea to Suez on the Red Sea (Egypt) and the Panama Canal, which connects the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, crossing the Isthmus of Panama in Central America. Engraving in “” Le petit journal”” 16/12/1894. Selva's collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4324093: The murderer Clement Decoux is the victim of his attempted attack on Emile Vuillemin (1822-?) , director of Aniche mines, celebrating his fiftieth anniversary at the head of coal production on August 4, 1895. Illustration taken from “” Le petit journal”” 18/08/1895., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4324188: On the occasion of the coronation of Tsar Nicholas II, a popular banquet is offered to 500,000 Russians on the Khodinskoie maneuver field in Moscow, preceded by theatre performances. Engraving in “” Le petit journal”” 17/05/1896. Selva's collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4324301: View of Saint Pierre, in Martinique, drawing by Auguste de Berard (1824-1881), to illustrate the voyages to the West Indies, in 1858-1859, by Anthony Trollope (1815-1882). Engraving in “” Le tour du monde, nouveau journal des voyages”” Paris, 1860. Selva's collection., Berard, Evremond de (19th century) (after) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4324415: The Shanghai Customs Building, drawing by Grandsire, to illustrate the voyage to China and Japan, in 1857-1858, of the Marquis de Moges. Engraving in “” Le tour du monde, nouveau journal des voyages”” Paris, 1860. Selva's collection., Grandsire, Pierre Eugene (1825-1905) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4324476: View of a square in Santiago (Chile), drawing by Lancelot, to illustrate the journey to South America, in 1823, by Giovanni Mastai Ferretti (1792-1878, future Pius IX). Engraving in “” Le tour du monde, nouveau journal des voyages”” Paris, 1860. Selva's collection., Lancelot, Dieudonne Auguste (1822-94) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4324480: The hunter surprised by an elephant, near Lake Ngami (Botswana), drawing by Gustave dore (1832-1883), to illustrate the adventures and hunts of Charles Jean Anderson in southern Africa. Engraving in “” Le tour du monde, nouveau journal des voyages”” Paris, 1860. Selva's collection., Dore, Gustave (1832-83) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4324501: A ball game among the Choctaws Indians, tribe of the Mississippi region, drawn by Gustave Dore (1832-1883), to illustrate the Mississippi voyage to the Pacific Ocean in 1853-54 by Baudouin Mollhausen (1825-1905). Engraving in “” Le tour du monde, nouveau journal des voyages”” Paris, 1860. Selva's collection., Dore, Gustave (1832-83) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4325834: An air ferry, path above the valles, a kind of string basket is suspended from a rope, for the transport of men and materials, its displacement is done by the strength of the arms, pulling the suspension rope. 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, 1866, Paris. Selva Collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images