Sujet

The French Occupation of Tunis: the city of Tunis, 1881. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The French Occupation of Tunis: the city of Tunis, 1881. Engraving from a photograph by M. Catalanotti, of Tunis. 'The combined military demonstrations and diplomatic negotiations of the French Government in Tunis, pushed close up to the Bey's Palace of the Bardo, just outside the capital, have succeeded in procuring his assent to a French Protectorate, and to the French occupation of several important points on the seacoast and the frontier next to Algeria'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM25A42_462

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

14,4Mo (1,5Mo) / 28,2cm x 12,8cm / 3335 x 1512 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Africa building buildings arts art occupation continent British territorial location century Colonial empire Britain newspapers press print TERRITORY Tunisia Tunis B&W North Africa engraved engraving 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century The Print Collector colonialism Illustrated London News imperialism TGN wood engraving ILN protectorate newspaper landscape Unknown French Empire occupied territory 19th-century The Illustrated London News Ernesto Catalanotti Catalanotti Ernesto