Caption

C'était un spectacle atroce, vertigineux, un cauchemar..., Photo reproduction of a drawing of a confrontation between soldiers and natives in Australia, photograph, reproduction, page, inscription: 'Page 67.', photographer: François Poncy, after drawing by Gabriel Liquier, c. 1863 - in or before 1868, François Poncy, Gabriel Liquier, photographer, after drawing by, paper, albumen print, height 114 mm x width 151 mm, Photo on unnumbered page for page 67., Australian and Oceanian races, guerilla warfare, imperialism, Australia, A sepia-toned illustration shows a dense forest scene with large twisted trees and sprawling roots, a group of uniformed men standing and mounted on horses near the center, clusters of nearly naked figures entangled among roots and hanging from a leaning tree on the left, several seated and reclining figures on the right near the forest edge, and foliage and undergrowth throughout the foreground.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A81_204

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Rights managed

Available size

42.8Mb (8.1Mb) / 14.1in x 11.8in / 4230 x 3533 (300dpi)

Keywords

C'était spectacle atroce vertigineux cauchemar Photo reproduction drawing confrontation soldiers natives Australia photograph reproduction page inscription Page 67 photographer François Poncy Gabriel Liquier c 1863 - 1868 paper albumen print height 114 mm x width 151 mm Photo unnumbered page page 67 Australian Oceanian races guerilla warfare imperialism sepia-toned illustration dense forest scene large twisted trees sprawling roots group uniformed men standing mounted horses near center clusters nearly naked figures entangled roots hanging leaning tree left several seated reclining figures right near forest edge foliage undergrowth foreground