LSE4332357: Rosary dealers in Bethleem (Israel). Engraving by A. Sirouy to illustrate La Syria d'aujourd'hui, by M. Lortet, dean of the Faculty of Medicine of Lyon, charged with a scientific mission by the Ministry of Public Education, published in the Tour du monde, under the direction of Edouard Charton (1807-1890), 1881, Paris. Selva Collection., Sirouy, Achille (1834-1904) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4332384: The cafe at the convent, engraving by the author, to illustrate his story Les Meteores (Greek monasteres), by M. de Dree, circa 1860, published in the Tour du monde, under the direction of Edouard Charton (1807-1890), 1881, Paris. Selva Collection., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4332391: Pearl dealers in Jaffa (Israel). Engraving by E.Ronjat to illustrate La Syria d'aujourd'hui, by M.Lortet, dean of the Faculty of Medicine of Lyon, charged with a scientific mission by the Ministry of Public Education, published in the Tour du monde, under the direction of Edouard Charton (1807-1890), 1881, Paris. Selva Collection., Ronjat, Etienne Antoine Eugene (b.1822) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4332413: The maritime castle of Sidon before the bombardment of 1840. Engraving of Th. Weber, to illustrate the story La Syria d'aujourd'hui, by M.Lortet, dean of the Faculty of Medicine of Lyon, charged with a scientific mission by the Ministry of Public Education, published in the Tour du monde, under the direction of Edouard Charton (1807-1890), 1881, Paris. Selva Collection., Weber, Theodore (1838-1907) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4332610: The courtyard of the palace of Emir Muhammad Ibn Abdullah Al Rashid (1872-1897), in Hail, Saudi Arabia. Engraving by Y.Pranishnikoff, to illustrate the story “” pelerinage au Nedjed, cradle of the Arab race””, by Lady Anna Blunt, in 1878-1879, published in the Tour du monde, edited by Edouard Charton (1807-1890), 1882, Paris. Selva Collection., Pranishnikoff, Ivan (1841-1909) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4332635: Fantasia under the walls of Hail (Saudi Arabia). Engraving by Y.Pranishnikoff, to illustrate the story “” pelerinage au Nedjed, cradle of the Arab race””, by Lady Anna Blunt, in 1878-1879, published in the Tour du monde, edited by Edouard Charton (1807-1890), 1882, Paris. Selva Collection., Pranishnikoff, Ivan (1841-1909) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4332758: Portrait of Dr. Jules Nicolas Crevaux (1847-1882), doctor and explorer of South America (from French Guiana to Argentina), he took close interest in the study of morals and the history of the populations he met during his travels, he rediated numerous books on his travels, discoveries and observations; he died during a expedition to Paraguay. Engraving by Thiriat, to illustrate the story Une excursion du dr Crevaux chez les Guaraounos, by J.N.Crevaux, in 1881, published in the Tour du monde, under the direction of Edouard Charton (1807-1890), 1882, Paris. Selva Collection., Thiriat, Henri (1866-97) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4332813: Mr. Latrompe packed his trunk so much that he had to sit on it to close it, illustration of the children's book “Les animaux en train de plaisir”, by J.Jacquin, drawing by G.H.Thompson, edition Hachette et Cie, 1885, Paris. Selva Collection., Thompson, George Henry (1853-1933) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4332148: A Malay family in its interior, engraving by A. Sirouy, to illustrate the story six weeks in Java, by Desire Charnay, mission assignment by the Ministry of Public Education, in 1878-1879, published in the tour du monde, under the direction of Edouard Charton, 1880, Paris. Selva Collection., Sirouy, Achille (1834-1904) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4330720: Inside the church of Saint Bruno, in Lyon, built by the Carthusian people in two stages: the choir (1590-1604), then the transept and the nave (1735-1750, by F. delamonce); adorned with an exceptional decoration including the baroque canopy (1738) by Jean Nicolas Servandony (1695-1766). Photography Leonard de Selva, France 2008., French School / Bridgeman Images
LSE4330920: Deroute of the expedition in front of the charge of a buffalo, drawing by Emile Bayard, to illustrate the story: Across Africa, from Zanzibar (Tanzania) to Benguela (Angola), from 1872 to 1876, by Lieutenant V.H.Cameron. Engraving in Le tour du monde, 1877, directed by Edouard Charton, Paris. Selva Collection., Bayard, Emile Antoine (1837-91) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4331012: The pearls of the bride, the fiancee carries on the shoulders of a woman of her clan, is brought among the crowd who organizes the charivari and throws small beads, fragments of tobacco leaf, pledge of happiness, in the region of Lake Kassali, drawing by D.Maillart to illustrate the journey through Africa, from Zanzibar (Tanzania) to Benguela (Angola) ), from 1873 to 1876, by the British commander V.L.Cameron. Engraving in Le tour du monde, 1877, directed by Edouard Charton, Paris. Selva Collection., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4330284: A resident of Hatien (Vietnam) carrying buckets and basket and a child hunting a goose with a stick, engraving after a drawing by Robin illustrating the voyage to Cochinchine, by Doctor Morice, in 1872, published in “” Le tour du monde””” 1875, edited by Edouard Charton, Hachette edition, Paris. Selva Collection., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4330115: The arrival of Hamis' fiancee to the village of Hara (Zambia), califourchon on a man's shoulder, accompanied by a dozen followers each carrying a small basket of provisions on his head, etched after a drawing by Emile Bayard, illustrating David Livingstone's last diary (1813-1873), in 1866-1873, published in “” The tour du monde”” 1875, edited by Edouard Charton, Hachette edition, Paris. Selva Collection., Bayard, Emile Antoine (1837-91) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4330131: A very animated march near the Congo River, bringing together more than three thousand people, etched after a drawing by D.Vierge, illustrating David Livingstone's last diary (1813-1873), in 1866-1873, published in “Le tour du monde” 1875, edited by Edouard Charton, Hachette edition, Paris. Selva Collection., Vierge, Daniel Urrabieta (1851-1904) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4330140: Matipa, an indigenous man who provided canoes to Livingstone's team, was served drinking by his wife, engraving after a drawing by Riou, illustrating David Livingstone's last diary (1813-1873), in 1866-1873, published in “” Le tour du monde”” 1875, edited by Edouard Charton, Hachette edition, Paris. Selva Collection., Riou, Edouard (1833-1900) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4330170: L'interieur d'un campement de woodcherons dans l'Ontario, engraving after a drawing by D.Maillard, illustrating the excursion to Canada and to the Riviere Rouge du nord, by H. De Lamotte, in 1873, published in “” Le tour du monde””” 1875, edited by Edouard Charton, Hachette edition, Paris. Selva Collection., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4330334: Indian warriors and their wives (Texas). Engraving after the drawing of E.Ronjat, to illustrate the story La conquete blanche, by William Hepworth Dixon, in 1875, published in “” Le tour du monde””” 1876, edited by Edouard Charton, Hachette edition, Paris. Selva Collection., Ronjat, Etienne Antoine Eugene (b.1822) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4330621: Portrait of Charles II of Amboise, Lord of Chaumont, (1473-1511), who was governor of Paris, of the Duke of Milan, of the seigneurerie of Genes, then vice king of Lombardy. Colour engraving, in “France et les francais a travers les siecles”” by Augustin Challamel, F.Roy editor, Paris 1882. Selva Collection., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4330656: Portraits before 1600, of Antoine de Saint Chamand, lord of Mery sur Oise, and of the King of France Henry IV (1553-1610), surrounding an unknown woman. Engraving in colours after the drawing by Gaignieres, in “France et les francais à travers les siecles”” by Augustin Challamel, F.Roy editor, Paris 1882. Selva Collection., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4330742: Badinguet on the beginning of 1873; the nickname attributed by his opponents to Napoleon III (Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte 1808-1873); on the wall, the drawings evoke the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, which led to the defeat of the French troops and sealed the end of the regime of the second empire (established by a coup d'état in 1851). Graffiti from 1873, on the wall of an apartment at 31, rue de l'horloge in Sedan. Photography Leonard de Selva, France, 2008., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images