LSE4313393: The expedition (countryside) of Egypt under the orders of Bonaparte (Napoleon, 1769-1821). Painting by Leon Cogniet (1794-1880), oil on canvas, study for the central composition of the ceiling of the Charles X Museum, circa 1829-1835, French art. Musee des Beaux Arts d'Orleans., Cogniet, Leon (1794-1880) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4328020: Sambou, the griot of Niantanso (Mali) (Malinke type: West African language (Guinee, Senegal, Mali and Côte d'Ivoire), poet, musician, historian and storyteller, griot is the depositary of the collective memory of a people. Engravure to illustrate the story of Lieutenant Mage's voyage in Western Sudan between 1863 and 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
ELD4861050: Representation of the Greek doctor and botanist Pedanius Dioscoride (40-90 AD) drawing the mandrake plant for his work De materia medica””””” (Greek physician pharmacologist and botanist Pedanius Dioscorides studying the mandrake root) Engraving from “La-Vie-des-Savant-illustres”” by Louis Figuier, 1866 Private collection / Bridgeman Images