PCT4824061: The circumcision of Jesus Christ: detail of a page of the book “The Life and Mysteres of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of God”, edition Charpentier 1859, illustree by Kellerhoven, chromolithography by Lemercier, text by reverend father Arthur Martin, of the Society of Jesus - Catholic religion, Christianity, sacrifice, blood, prepuce, orism, pain, guilty flesh, original sin, mortification - / Bridgeman Images
PCT4824000: Three friends: three very smiling young girls pose in front of the photographer. One of them, open shirt, lets her breasts guess. These are probably three young Maghreb prostitutes. Colorised postcard sent from Dellys (Algeria) by a French soldier on 16 February 1913, just before his departure for Morocco. Colonial Armee, French colony - stamp with military franchise stamp - / Bridgeman Images
LSE4327799: Meeting at Arrabal, Paris, March 19, 2008 (from left to right) the presence of: Fernando Arrabal (playwright), Bovnella Eruli (academic), Jack Vanarsky (sculptor), Luce Arrabal, Gustavo Korsatz, Dominique Lacaze (mathematician and economist) and Thieri Foulc (artist). Photography Leonard de Selva, Paris 2008. / Bridgeman Images
LSE4327817: Meeting at Arrabal, Paris, March 19, 2008 (from left to right): Dominique Lacaze (mathematician and economist), Thieri foulc (artist not painter), Bovnella Eruli (university), Andre Stas (Belgian painter and collagist), Olivier O. Olivier (painter) and Fernando Arrabal (playwright). Photography Leonard de Selva, Paris 2008. / Bridgeman Images
LSE4328357: A funeral convoy in the Icelandic countryside, headed by a horse carrying the coffin, followed by about thirty people and a herd of dogs, shouting and barking throughout the day, stopping at each house to drink a glass of alcohol, so that the funebre procession ends up in a state of drunkenness. Engraving to illustrate the voyage in Iceland, story by Noel Nougaret, in 1866, published in “Le tour du monde, nouveau journal des voyages”, under the direction of Edouard Charton, 1868, Paris. Selva Collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4329347: Volunteers on their way to Cali, a long line of men with their hands tied behind their back, connected by a rope to each other, a rope held by a soldier on horseback, who takes them to a military training camp. Engraving to illustrate the voyage to New Granada, by Dr. Saffray, in 1869, published in “” Le tour du monde””” 1873, edited by Edouard Charton, edition Hachette, Paris. Selva Collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4326905: Attack on Mr Fernand Labori (1860-1917), a lawyer in the defence of Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935), struck with a bullet in the back in Rennes as he was on his way to the place where the case was judged. Engraving in “” Le petit journal”” 27/8/1899. Selva Collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4326426: A visiting doctor takes the patient's chicken supported by the doctor's help, and a woman brings a tray; the medical necessities are locked in the tissue-covered box, which the doctor brings to each visit. 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, Hachette, Paris, 1867. Selva Collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4326010: A dancer at the court of Kamakura, a city that shogun Minamoto no Yorimoto (1147-1199) chose as its capital at a time when its political power exceeded that of Mikado (the Emperor of Japan), creating a new political, economic and artistic centre on the Pacific Ocean. 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
LSE4329433: A Greenlandic parliament, made up of twelve deputes (each wearing the official hat of their office, red and gold), exercises its privileges granted by the King of Denmark, mainly concerning the hunting and fishing of the indigenous people and the relief of the needy, engraved after a drawing by H.Castelli, to illustrate the story “” the land of desolation”” by Isaac J. Hayes, doctor embarked on the ship the panthere for a voyage to Greenland, in 1869, published in “” Le tour du monde””” 1873, edited by Edouard Charton, edition Hachette, Paris. Selva Collection., Castelli, H. (19th Century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4327403: The winner of the international bike race between Paris and Brest (1200 km), Maurice Garin, passes the finish line in the stadium of Brest, whose stands are filled with spectators who cheer him. Engraving in "Le petit journal" 1/9/1901. Selva Collection., French School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4326161: A group of peasants and shepherds gather for the celebration of Holy Week on the steps of St. Peter in the Vatican. Engraving to illustrate the story of the Holy Week in Rome, in 1863, by Ludovic Celler, 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
LSE4329912: Indian Moxo (Mojo, Moxeno) (from the Mato Grosso region) returning from fishing, engraving after a drawing by the narrator, illustrating a journey of exploration on the Amazon and the Madeira, of 1874, by Franz Keller Leuzinger, published in “” Le tour du monde”” 1874, edited by Edouard Charton, edition Hachette, Paris - Collection, Keller, Franz (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4326245: The storefronted ruins of Birs Nimroud, which the tourist community of Baghdad (Iraq) at the time, identifies as the mythical tower of Babel. Engravure pour illustrrer le voyage dans la Babylon, en 1866, by Guillaume Lejean, 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
LSE4325719: Women from the banks of the Zambeze defriching a hoe, and introducing children to agricultural work. 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
LSE4326317: Scene of bullfighting: the triumph of Teresa Bolsi, Andalusian torrera, saluting the assembly that acclaim him in Seville. Sketch taken on the live by Gustave Dore (1832-1883). Engraving to illustrate the voyage in Spain, in 1862 by Charles Davillier and Gustave Dore, in “Le tour du monde, nouveau journal des voyages”” published under the direction of Edouard Charton, 1867, Paris. Selva Collection., Dore, Gustave (1832-83) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4328831: The family of the inventors of sake, composed of parents and their eight children, collective bosses of brewery, they live on the coast of the great Ocean, wear a belt of oak leaves and a long redhead hair that covers them up to the hips, arms of bowls and sinks, they dance rounds around a huge garter sunset. Engraving to illustrate the voyage to Japan, by Aime Humbert, minister of the Swiss Confederation, in 1863-1864, published in “” Le tour du monde””” 1869, edited by Edouard Charton, edition Hachette, Paris. Selva Collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4329259: A python entered the space of the traveler and narrator, while all present people set themselves apart to protect themselves, the snake is expelled by one of the servants who, after failing with the lasso, grabbed him by the tail. Engraving to illustrer the Malaysian archipelago, travel story and study of man and nature, by Alfred Russel Wallace, in 1856, published in “” Le tour du monde””” 1872, edited by Edouard Charton, Hachette edition, Paris. Selva Collection., Wallace, Alfred Russel (1823-1913) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4328844: Appearance of a street in Edo (Tokyo) on the first day of the year, the transvestite inhabitants walk around and children's games are omnipresent: kites (kites) of paper, stitches, tops and hoops, snowshoes, puppies and effigies made of paper mache, among the clamors and songs. confederation suisse, in 1863-1864, published in “Le tour du monde”” 1869, edited by Edouard Charton, Hachette edition, Paris. Selva Collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4326441: A Japanese writer has his work table, rediting a text on a long roll that he rolls or derouls according to the progress of his task. 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, Hachette, Paris, 1867. Selva Collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4329744: Shillouk village, in the vicinity of Fachoda (Sudan), the inhabitants with bodies covered with ashes or dung, gather every night in a circular space in the center of the village, squatting on beef skins, smoking in huge clay pipes, around a trunk or hang drums intended to warn the neighboring villages in case d'alerte, engraving after Maillard's drawing, illustrating the voyage to the heart of Africa, in 1868-1871, by Dr. Georges Schweinfurth, published in “” Le tour du monde”” 1874, edited by Edouard Charton, Hachette edition, Paris. Selva Collection., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images