The attempted suicide of Samori Ture, 1899. Creator: F Meaulle.

The attempted suicide of Samori Ture, 1899. Creator: F Meaulle.

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The attempted suicide of Samori Ture, 1899. Samori Ture (also Samory Touré or Samori ibn Lafiya Ture, 1830-1900) was the founder of the Wassoulou Empire, an Islamic military state that resisted French rule in West Africa from 1882 to his capture in 1898. An illustration from "Le Petit Journal", 5th February 1899.


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Creator
  1. F Meaulle, attributed to: French: Artist, lithographer, engraver, printmaker
Subject
  1. Toure Samory: African: Rebel leader

Medium
  1. Engraving

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3499x5017
File Size : 51,430kb


Aliases

  1. C215491
  1. 0510007834
  1. 1-526-941
  1. 1526941

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