Creator: Mage, Eugene

Description: A sketch made by the French explorer Eugene Mage, who resided in Segu, Ahmad's capital, from 1864 to 1866. His rough sketch was reworked into a wood engraving by an artist in Paris and published with Mage's account in 1868. This sketch contains the following caption, "Entrée du palais d'Ahmadou, à Ségou-Sikoro."

Date: 1868

Date Range: 1860-1869

Location: Segu, Mali

Format: Image/jpeg

Rights Management: For educational use only.

Contributing Institution: David Robinson; MATRIX: The Center for Humane Arts, Letters, and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University

Digitizer: MATRIX

Source: Eugene Mage, Voyage dans le Soudan Occidental (Senegambie-Niger). Ouvrage illustre d'apres les dessins de l'auteur de 81 gravures sur b ois par E Bayard, A de Neuville et Tournaois et accompagne de 6 cartes et de 2 plans. Paris: Hachette, 1868. Page 211.