3-009-065 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Procession of the British Envoys to Madagascar from the seashore to the Fort of Tamatave to dine with the Governor of Tamatave, 1862. Engraving from a drawing by Lieutenant P. P. Oliver, of the Royal Artillery. 'Mr. Andronisa, interpreter to the Embassy; Mr. Marks, interpreter to the Governor; Lieut. Oliver, R.A., A.D.C.; Capt. Anson, R.A., Inspector-General of Police...Then followed Mr. Andronisa, interpreter to the Embassy; Mr. Marks, interpreter to the Governor: Lieutenant Oliver, R.A., A.D.C.; and Captain Anson, R.A., Inspector-General of Police, each carried by four black slaves, some of them naked to the waist, others with a lamba thrown over their shoulders.'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.