Print of steel engraving titled Portraits Abyssinie“.

Author Danvin.

Engraved by Jolist.

Published in L‘Univers Pittoresque ou Histoire et description de tous les peuples“ . Paris. 1835 – 1841.

The Ethiopian Empire also known as Abyssinia, spanned a geographical area covered by present-day Eritrea and the northern half of Ethiopia. It existed from approximately 1137 (beginning of Zagwe Dynasty) until 1974 when the monarchy was overthrown in a coup d'tat.Following the British occupation of Egypt in 1882, Ethiopia and Liberia were the only two African nations to remain independent during the Scramble for Africa by the European imperial powers in the late 19th century.In 1974, Ethiopia was one of only two countries in the world to have the title of Emperor for its head of state (the other being Japan, which still has the Emperor as its nominal ruler). It was the second-to-last country in Africa to use the title of Emperor (the last being the Central African Empire, which was implemented between 1976 and 1979 by Emperor Bokassa I).

Approx. image size 13, 5 x 8, 5/22, 1 x 13, 5 cm.Condition: good.

Condition: good.