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Riou, Édouard, 1833-1900

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

    Cazat. | Reference: 42536i
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    Pongos or water-carriers at the fountain at the Plaza de Cabildo, Cuzco. Wood engraving by Laly after Riou.

    Riou, Édouard, 1833-1900. | Date: [1873] | Reference: 36951i
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    A crucified man fallen prey to birds on an island; representing the punishment for cannibalism. Wood engraving by E. Meunier after Riou.

    Riou, Édouard, 1833-1900. | Reference: 43355i
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    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.

    Riou, Édouard, 1833-1900. | Reference: 43337i
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    A procession, probably in Peru. Wood engraving.

    Riou, Édouard, 1833-1900. | Reference: 30456i
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