Abyssin Ia Gallery
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Choose from 37 pictures in our Abyssin Ia collection for your Wall Art or Photo Gift. Popular choices include Framed Prints, Canvas Prints, Posters and Jigsaw Puzzles. All professionally made for quick delivery.
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Ras Makonnen
Ras Makonnen Walda-Mika'el Guddisa, also Makonnen Wolde Mikael, Honorary KCMG (1852 1906) - a general and the governor of Harar province in Ethiopia, and the father of Tafari Makonnen, later known as the Emperor Haile Selassie I. Date: circa 1890
© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
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Hagenbecks Nubian Exhibit
Carl Hagenbeck (1844-1913) founded Germany's most successful privately owned zoo, the Tierpark Hagenbeck which moved to its present location in Hamburg-Stellingen in 1907. However, his pioneer role in displaying human beings aside animals, in what has been called "human zoos," is less well known. Here, his Nubian exhibit (which was very successful in Europe, and toured Paris, London, and Berlin) is shown, consisting of warrior from Ethiopia (along with Egyptian Ottoman troops)
© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
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Abyssinian Expedition: The Exodus of Theodores Broken Army
The British 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia was a punitive expedition against King Theodore, after he had imprisoned missionaries and representatives of the British Government. After the British had bombarded Magdala and defeated the Abyssinian Army, King Theodore shot himself. This image shows the exodus of the population, including thousands of the men of King Theodore's defeated army with their wives and children. In total it is thought that 30, 000 people were part of this flight
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
