Sujet

Richard Lander, (Richard Lemon Lander), (1804-1834), under trial by ordeal, 1827. Creator: William Henry Margetson.

Légende

Richard Lander, (Richard Lemon Lander), (1804-1834), under trial by ordeal, 1827. British explorer of Western Africa. Illustration depicting an episode in which Lander, upon his arrival in Badagry in 1827, was accused of spying by the Portuguese before the King of Yoruba. To ascertain the truth of the charge, he was subjected to the "trial by ordeal'. It consisted of swallowing a beverage prepared with the bark of a mimosa tree. If it did not cause the person who drank it to vomit, it was a sign of guilt, and that person would be stoned to death. Lander was found not guilty. (Colorised black and white print).

Date

1890

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/LTL

Notre référence

HRM26A46_328

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

51.0Mo (4.4Mo) / 29.7cm x 43.0cm / 3513 x 5079 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Africa portrait standing drink people black male group man men historical country Portugal drinking monarch guy test continent British skull African king royal tribe tribal ethnic native location century trial Britain spying guilty explorer royalty concept guilt Portuguese espionage Nigeria 19th century accused 1900s 20th century nineteenth century history historic 1820s ordeal photogravure sovereign TGN West African Yoruba indigenous portrait photo-mechanical process Richard William Henry Margetson Margetson William Henry tribal culture 1827 19th-century LT L Badagry Lagos state Richard Lander Lander Richard Lemon Lander