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Title:Tewodros as Depicted in European Engravings
Author:Pankhurst, RichardISNI
Year:1987
Periodical:Journal of Ethiopian Studies
Volume:20
Period:November
Pages:75-96
Language:English
Geographic term:Ethiopia
Subjects:heads of State
portraits
History and Exploration
About person:Tewodros II, emperor of Ethiopia (1818-1868)
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/41965952
Abstract:The nineteenth-century popular image of Téwodros, emperor of Ethiopia from 1885-1868, is reflected in five basic types of engravings produced by European artists at the time: 1) full face, head and shoulder portraits; 2) standing poses, mostly in profile, in some instances addressing peasants, threatening foreign enemies, surveying the countryside, or road building; 3) seated regally, full face, surrounded by lions; 4) heroically committing suicide; and 5) discovered dead by the British or later lying in repose on his bier. Ref.
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