Henri Rivière. Paysages parisiens. Théories de l’art helped a young girl escape

helped a young girl escape from the Sultan's Harem in Istanbul and was involved in a political assassination which he reported on in various Hebrew and French newspapers to the point that one of his articles in L'intransigeant almost provoked a war between France and Great Britain

Hence the great interest of his memoirs

praised by those around him for his exceptional human qualities

Were they cannibals

on the left the black and white photographic image and on the right the corresponding hieroglyphic transcription with identification of the headings

Henri Rivière. Paysages parisiens. Théories de l’art helped a young girl escapeEight splendid lithographs that recreate Paris in 1900: Montmartre, the suburbs, the banks of the Seine designed by an illustrator strongly influenced by Japanese prints. The result is a captivating account of the capital at the turn of the century, somewhere between contemporary comics and Studio Ghibli. The work of Henri Rivire (1864 1951) constitutes an important milestone in French graphic arts. Like many artists of his time, he was deeply struck