Title

Cremation of the Dahomey corpses, Africa, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer

Caption

Cremation of the Dahomey corpses, Africa, 1892. Between 1892 and 1894 Dahomey was conquered by French troops from Senegal and incorporated into France's West African colonies. A print from a supplement to the Le Petit Journal, 3rd December 1892.

Date

1892

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Art Media

Reference

HRM19C01_139

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (3,4Mb) / 12,9in x 15,1in / 3868 x 4517 (300dpi)

Keywords

nature Africa tree people male man men plant country French France body guy smoke occupation jungle burning fire continent color colour African death war location century conquest victim casualty soldiers soldier invasion concept corpse Army warfare Invader Benin military uniform 19th century infantry Military personnel nineteenth century Art Media colonialism cremation Dahomey TGN the body invaders Meyer Henri Meyer Meyer Henri