Title

The Queen's Palace, Tananarive, Madagascar, 1897. Artist: Henri Meyer

Caption

The Queen's Palace, Tananarive, Madagascar, 1897. After conquering Madagascar in the Second Franco-Hova War in 1896, France annexed the island. Queen Ranavalona III, the last ruler of the Merina dynasty that had ruled Madagascar for the previuos 103 years, was sent into exile in Algeria. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 20th October 1897.

Date

1897

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Art Media

Reference

HRM19C02_242

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,1Mb (3,1Mb) / 11,6in x 16,7in / 3493 x 5009 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior city Africa building buildings people male man men architecture country French France guy continent color colour African Madagascar palace entrance war location century Royal Palace concept outside Antananarivo 19th century nineteenth century Art Media colonialism TGN Franco-Hova Wars Second Franco-Hova War Queen of Madagascar engraving Meyer Henri Meyer V Michel;Michel V Queen Ranavalona III of Madagascar Ranavalona III Queen of Madagascar Queen Ranavalona III Ranavalona Manjaka III Meyer Henri Queen Ranavalona III of Madagascar engraving