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Africa Collection (page 4)

Background imageAfrica Collection: EVNT2A-00044

EVNT2A-00044
Napoleon Bonaparte at Cairo during his invasion of Egypt, 1798. Hand-colored engraving from the painting by Jean-Leon Gerome

Background imageAfrica Collection: EXPL2A-00148

EXPL2A-00148
New World geography according to a mapmaker of 1540. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAfrica Collection: PBLA2A-00006

PBLA2A-00006
Poet Phyllis Wheatly. Hand-colored woodcut of an 18th-century illustration

Background imageAfrica Collection: Animal illustrations

Animal illustrations
Mammals of arid regions. Lithograph reproduction of 19th-century illustrations

Background imageAfrica Collection: Building the Great Pyramid of Cheops

Building the Great Pyramid of Cheops
Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops) supervising construction of the Great Pyramid. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAfrica Collection: Egyptian pharaoh in battle

Egyptian pharaoh in battle
Pharaoh in his chariot leading Egyptian soldiers in battle. Antique hand-colored print

Background imageAfrica Collection: GANC2A-00265

GANC2A-00265
Women of Carthage sacrifice their hair and jewels to buy weapons to defend against the Roman invasion. 146 BC. Hand-colored halftone

Background imageAfrica Collection: GAFR2A-00045

GAFR2A-00045
British administrator of Gambia meeting with a native chief, 1889. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageAfrica Collection: GAFR2A-00046

GAFR2A-00046
Map of Africa in the 1870s. Printed color lithograph, 19th century

Background imageAfrica Collection: GMED2A-00005

GMED2A-00005
Arab caravan crossing a stream in the Sahara Desert. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAfrica Collection: GAFR2A-00013

GAFR2A-00013
British naval brigade using a Gatling gun to occupy Alexandria, Egypt, 1882. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAfrica Collection: GAFR2A-00019

GAFR2A-00019
British officer Sir Garnet Wolseley receiving news during the Ashanti War in Africa, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAfrica Collection: GAFR2A-00020

GAFR2A-00020
Native soldiers playing at " warry" in Ashanti Colony, Africa, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAfrica Collection: GAFR2A-00024

GAFR2A-00024
Women planting crops in central Africa, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAfrica Collection: GAFR2A-00027

GAFR2A-00027
Village of European settlers in the Orange Free State, South Africa, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAfrica Collection: GAFR2A-00036

GAFR2A-00036
Egyptian couple buying a drink from a water-seller in Port-Said, Egypt. Antique hand-colored print, 19th century

Background imageAfrica Collection: GAFR2A-00038

GAFR2A-00038
Bedouin musician, African slave, and a Muslim woman in street dress, Cairo, 1800s. Antique hand-colored print

Background imageAfrica Collection: Stanleys African servant, 1880s

Stanleys African servant, 1880s
Sali, African servant of explorer Henry Stanley throughout the 1887-1889 expedition and in Cairo. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAfrica Collection: GAFR2A-00002

GAFR2A-00002
Busy street vendors in Cairo. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration



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