Galerie
Napoléon
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May 2022

Explorers (1884-1885)
Online sale of a collection of 52 wood engravings

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19th Century (1885)

Inventory N° : 62041

  • Wood engraving
  • 1885
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 22.0 x 17.5 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

Sharks attack fishermen in the Gulf of Aden (Somalia)
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Lemoine. Hand watercolored. Text...

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19th Century (1885)

Inventory N° : 62040

  • Wood engraving
  • 1885
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 25.0 x 19.5 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

Sailing on the Murghab near Afghanistan
Original wood engraving. Anonymous. Hand watercolored. Text on the reverse. 1885

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19th Century (1885)

Inventory N° : 62039

  • Wood engraving
  • 1885
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 22.0 x 18.0 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

Ashanti people - Cemetery in Kumasi - Corpses (Ghana)
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Vintraut. Hand watercolored. Tex...

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19th Century (1885)

Inventory N° : 62038

  • Wood engraving
  • 1885
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 22.0 x 18.0 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

Ashantis - The King, his brother and his nephew are assassinated - Kumasi (Gh...
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Deschamps. Hand watercolored. Te...

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19th Century (1885)

Inventory N° : 62037

  • Wood engraving
  • 1885
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 21.5 x 17.5 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

Folk customs of the Ashantis - Death of the king - Massacre of the population...
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Vintraut. Hand watercolored. Tex...

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19th Century (1885)

Inventory N° : 62036

  • Wood engraving
  • 1885
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 25.0 x 19.0 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

Heads deposited at the Palace of Bokhara and Samarkand (Uzbekistan)
Original wood engraving engraved by Tilly. Hand watercolored. Text on the reverse. 1885

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19th Century (1885)

Inventory N° : 62035

  • Wood engraving
  • 1885
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 22.0 x 17.5 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

Folk customs of the Ashantis - Religion - Fetishism - Kumasi (Ghana)
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Perrichon. Hand watercolored. Te...

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19th Century (1885)

Inventory N° : 62034

  • Wood engraving
  • 1885
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 22.0 x 18.0 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

Folk customs of the Ashantis - Justice - The guilty crosses the stream in Kum...
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Deschamps. Hand watercolored. Te...

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19th Century (1885)

Inventory N° : 62033

  • Wood engraving
  • 1885
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 21.5 x 17.5 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

Folk customs of the Turkmens - Marriage - Costume of the bride - Horses (Turk...
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Perrichon. Hand watercolored. Te...

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19th Century (1885)

Inventory N° : 62032

  • Wood engraving
  • 1885
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 22.0 x 18.0 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

Abduction of a woman by a gorilla in the Virgin Forest - Africa
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Deschamps. Hand watercolored. Te...

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19th Century (1885)

Inventory N° : 62031

  • Wood engraving
  • 1885
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 22.0 x 18.0 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

A young child attacked by a mygalomorph spider - Fernandina - Florida (USA)
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Deschamps. Hand watercolored. Te...

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19th Century (1885)

Inventory N° : 62030

  • Wood engraving
  • 1885
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 19.0 x 18.0 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

Explorers kill three lions in the forest (Tanzania)
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Lemoine. Hand watercolored. Text...

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19th Century (1885)

Inventory N° : 62029

  • Wood engraving
  • 1885
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 22.0 x 18.0 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

Russian expedition to Merv - Kirghis highwaymen and wolves (Turkestan)
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Lemoine. Hand watercolored. Text...

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19th Century (1885)

Inventory N° : 62028

  • Wood engraving
  • 1885
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 22.0 x 18.0 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

Capture of the chief of the pirates - Red River Delta - Tonkin (Vietnam)
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Deschamps. Hand watercolored. Te...

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19th Century (1885)

Inventory N° : 62027

  • Wood engraving
  • 1885
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 19.0 x 18.0 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

Piracy - Pirate woman - Red River Delta - Tonkin (Vietnam)
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Lemoine. Hand watercolored. Text...

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Use of electric fish as a remedy (Egypt)
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Lemoine. Hand watercolored. Text...

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19th Century (1885)

Inventory N° : 62025

  • Wood engraving
  • 1885
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 18.0 x 18.0 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

Electric fishs attack fishermen in the sand (Coasts of England)
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Deschamps. Hand watercolored. Te...

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19th Century (1885)

Inventory N° : 62024

  • Wood engraving
  • 1885
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 22.0 x 18.0 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

The child thieves are killed near the Yuen-Fou pagoda (China)
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Perrichon. Hand watercolored. Te...

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19th Century (1885)

Inventory N° : 62023

  • Wood engraving
  • 1885
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 21.5 x 18.0 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

A runaway horse in the streets of Veracruz (Mexico)
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Perrichon. Hand watercolored. Te...

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19th Century (1885)

Inventory N° : 62022

  • Wood engraving
  • 1885
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 21.5 x 17.5 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

The Bagarras, slave traders Nuba - South Kordofan (Sudan)
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Deschamps. Hand watercolored. Te...

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19th Century (1885)

Inventory N° : 62021

  • Wood engraving
  • 1885
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 22.0 x 18.0 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

The yellow brigands, child thieves, near the Yuen-Fou pagoda (China)
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Perrichon. Hand watercolored. Te...

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19th Century (1885)

Inventory N° : 62020

  • Wood engraving
  • 1885
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 22.0 x 18.0 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

The yellow brigands - Sailors boarding the sampan - Fuzhou (China)
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Lemoine. Hand watercolored. Text...

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19th Century (1885)

Inventory N° : 62019

  • Wood engraving
  • 1885
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 22.0 x 18.0 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

Landscape of Saint-Pierre in winter - Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (France)
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Deschamps. Hand watercolored. Te...

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19th Century (1885)

Inventory N° : 62018

  • Wood engraving
  • 1885
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 19.0 x 17.8 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

Sleigh - Etang de Savoyard - Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (France)
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Lemoine. Hand watercolored. Text...

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19th Century (1885)

Inventory N° : 62017

  • Wood engraving
  • 1885
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 22.0 x 18.0 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

Torture of two pirates in Tonkin (Vietnam)
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Joliet. Hand watercolored. Text ...

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19th Century (1885)

Inventory N° : 62016

  • Wood engraving
  • 1885
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 22.0 x 18.0 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

A sailor against Maoris - Bay of Poverty (New Zealand)
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Lemoine. Hand watercolored. Text...

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19th Century (1884)

Inventory N° : 62015

  • Wood engraving
  • 1884
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 21.5 x 18.0 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

In the prisons of Shanghai - Torments (China)
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Lemoine. Hand watercolored. Text...

19th Century [1884]

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19th Century (1884)

Inventory N° : 62014

  • Wood engraving
  • 1884
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 22.0 x 18.0 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

Encounter with a rhinoceros near Taborah - Bogota (Colombia)
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Deschamps. Hand watercolored. Te...

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19th Century (1884)

Inventory N° : 62013

  • Wood engraving
  • 1884
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 18.0 x 18.0 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

Arrival of explorers in Burro - Rio Iscuandé delta (Colombia)
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Deschamps. Hand watercolored. Te...

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19th Century (1884)

Inventory N° : 62012

  • Wood engraving
  • 1884
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 22.0 x 18.0 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

The Rougas-Rougas near Lake Tanganika (Tanzania)
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Vintraut. Hand watercolored. Tex...

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19th Century (1884)

Inventory N° : 62011

  • Wood engraving
  • 1884
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 22.0 x 18.0 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

Expedition to Lake Tanganika - Mgounda-Mkali - Attack of the Rougas-Rougas (T...
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Lemoine. Hand watercolored. Text...

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19th Century (1884)

Inventory N° : 62010

  • Wood engraving
  • 1884
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 22.0 x 18.0 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

Expedition to Lake Tanganika - Attack of the Ouagogos (Tanzania)
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Vintraut. Hand watercolored. Tex...

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19th Century (1884)

Inventory N° : 62009

  • Wood engraving
  • 1884
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 22.0 x 18.0 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

Expedition to Lake Tanganika (East Africa)
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Deschamps. Hand watercolored. Te...

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19th Century (1884)

Inventory N° : 62008

  • Wood engraving
  • 1884
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 22.0 x 18.0 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

Sultan Majid bin Said sees his steamer coming - Zanzibar (Tanzania)
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Deschamps. Hand watercolored. Te...

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19th Century (1884)

Inventory N° : 62007

  • Wood engraving
  • 1884
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 22.0 x 18.0 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

The Birds of Paradise in New Guinea
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Joliet. Hand watercolored. Text ...

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19th Century (1884)

Inventory N° : 62006

  • Wood engraving
  • 1884
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 22.0 x 18.0 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

A bazaar in Aden (Yemen)
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Perrichon. Hand watercolored. Te...

19th Century [1884]

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19th Century (1884)

Inventory N° : 62005

  • Wood engraving
  • 1884
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 21.0 x 18.0 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

Sailors throw a corpse overboard - 1884 (Red Sea)
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Perrichon. Hand watercolored. Te...

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19th Century (1884)

Inventory N° : 62004

  • Wood engraving
  • 1884
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 21.5 x 17.5 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

Cockfight in Marinilla - Antioquia - New Granada (Colombia)
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Martin. Hand watercolored. Text ...

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19th Century (1884)

Inventory N° : 62003

  • Wood engraving
  • 1884
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 19.0 x 18.0 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

Disaster at Puy de Sancy - Monts Dore - Puy-de-Dôme - 1884 (France)
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Deschamps. Hand watercolored. Te...

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19th Century (1884)

Inventory N° : 62002

  • Wood engraving
  • 1884
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 22.0 x 17.5 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

Deer-pig hunting - Snake's attack (Indonesia)
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Deschamps. Hand watercolored. Te...

19th Century [1884]

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19th Century (1884)

Inventory N° : 62001

  • Wood engraving
  • 1884
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 21.5 x 18.0 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

Use of pistols in a theater in San Antonio - Texas (United States)
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Deschamps. Hand watercolored. Te...

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19th Century (1884)

Inventory N° : 62000

  • Wood engraving
  • 1884
  • IIIrd Republic
  • Paper
  • 21.5 x 18.0 cm
  • 30.0 x 22.0 cm

Mountaineering accidents - Ascent of the Matterhorn (Italian-Swiss border)
Original wood engraving drawn by Castelli, engraved by Martin. Hand watercolored. Text ...

19th Century [1884]

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