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Human sacrifices (Dahomey)
Original wood engraving drawn by Foulquiere, engraved by Huyot. Hand watercolored. 1879

1879XIXth Century
  • Date : 1879
  • Century : 19th Century
  • Period : IIIrd Republic
  • Technique : Wood engraving
  • Support : Paper
  • Sheet : 16.5 x 25.5 cm
  • Plate : 10.5 x 16.0 cm
  • Inventory N° : FR-19076
50€
(Frame not included)
  • Certificate of authenticity
  • Passepartout included
  • Free shipping costs
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Human sacrifices (Dahomey)

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Original wood engraving drawn by Foulquiere, engraved by Huyot. Hand watercolored. 1879

The Galerie Napoléon is pleased to propose to you this wood engraving printed 145 years ago (in 1879).

As for all the artworks of our collections, this wood engraving Human sacrifices (Dahomey) dating from 1879 is dispatched worldwide within 24H in a secured packaging, accompanied by its certificate of authenticity guaranteeing the name of the artists draughtsman, engraver, lithographer), the impression process used (Wood engraving) and its date (1879).

In order to guarantee a perfect conservation in time, this wood engraving is dispatched, ready to be framed, under color passepartout (manufactured without acid in the pulp for a neutral pH) on a cream mountboard made from carton bois (also acid free & neutral pH).

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