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Methods of torture in South America: people in field stocks before large crucifixes. Wood engraving by Riou.

An ideal landscape of the Miocene period, with elephants rummaging through a forest. Wood engraving by Riou after Cazat.

Carnival at Cuzco: a small Indian woman with a clyster pulls at a sheet worn by a man, who is holding an uprooted tree; representing malaria. Wood engraving by T. Hildebrand after E. Riou, 1869.

An ideal landscape of the Pliocene period with elephants, hippopotami and horses. Wood engraving by Riou.

African villagers sitting in a square watching the spectacle of a young man having his hand chopped off with a sword. Wood engraving by Barbant after Riou.

Marie-François-Xavier Bichat: unveiling of a statue to him in Paris. Wood engraving by Jayer after E. Riou and Beranger [?], ca. 1857.

A procession of the Lord of Earthquakes at Cuzco, Peru. Wood engraving by J. Huyot after Ed. Riou.

An African man burnt on a stake surrounded by other Africans and a white soldier in the background. Wood engraving by Riou.

An ideal scene of the Lias period with two sauropods in the sea. Wood engraving by Riou.

Arequipa, Peru: ten corpses inside a chulpa (mausoleum) among the Aymara tribe. Wood engraving by Charles Maurand after Edouard Riou, 1873.

Friars at Pevas (Pebas, Pehuas), Peru, showing to Paul Marcoy a five-year old girl with a desire to eat earth (geophagia). Wood engraving by E. Riou, 186-.

Pongos or water-carriers at the fountain at the Plaza de Cabildo, Cuzco. Wood engraving by Laly after Riou.

A crucified man fallen prey to birds on an island; representing the punishment for cannibalism. Wood engraving by E. Meunier after Riou.

A procession, probably in Peru. Wood engraving.

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Édouard Riou

Images from the collections

Images by Édouard Riou

Works from the collections

An ideal landscape of the Miocene period, with elephants rummaging through a forest. Wood engraving by Riou after Cazat.

Pongos or water-carriers at the fountain at the Plaza de Cabildo, Cuzco. Wood engraving by Laly after Riou.

A crucified man fallen prey to birds on an island; representing the punishment for cannibalism. Wood engraving by E. Meunier after Riou.

African villagers sitting in a square watching the spectacle of a young man having his hand chopped off with a sword. Wood engraving by Barbant after Riou.

A procession, probably in Peru. Wood engraving.

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Édouard Riou

Images from the collections

Images by Édouard Riou

Works from the collections

An ideal landscape of the Miocene period, with elephants rummaging through a forest. Wood engraving by Riou after Cazat.

Pongos or water-carriers at the fountain at the Plaza de Cabildo, Cuzco. Wood engraving by Laly after Riou.

A crucified man fallen prey to birds on an island; representing the punishment for cannibalism. Wood engraving by E. Meunier after Riou.

African villagers sitting in a square watching the spectacle of a young man having his hand chopped off with a sword. Wood engraving by Barbant after Riou.

A procession, probably in Peru. Wood engraving.

Frequent collaborators

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