Title

The defence of Mazagran, Algeria, 1896. Artist: Henri Meyer

Caption

The defence of Mazagran, Algeria, 1896. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 6th December 1896.

Date

1896

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Art Media

Reference

HRM19C02_120

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,3Mb (3,1Mb) / 11,4in x 17,2in / 3418 x 5146 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior Africa hill building buildings people male man men fort wall stone flag flags country French France day guy weapon weapons gun guns geography color colour defence defending conflict fortification war illustration location century banner tricolour soldiers soldier Algeria concept outside advantage group of people firing standard Army warfare RAGGED front cover military uniform 19th century weaponry nineteenth century Art Media foreign legion geographical feature TGN Le Petit Journal Mazagran legionnaire engraving Meyer frontpage Henri Meyer Meyer Henri engraving