Imitator of Eugene Boudin, The Coast at Trouville, c.1865-1900.
“The Bulgarian Martyresses”, 1877 painting by the Russian painter Konstantin Makovsky, depicting the rape of Bulgarian women by Ottoman bashi-bazouks during the supression of the April Uprising a year earlier, served to mobilise public support for the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) waged with the proclaimed aim of liberating the Bulgarians.
Unknown Dutch engraver’s impression of a Manchu warrior devastating China, depicted on the cover of Martino Martini’s “Regni Sinensis a Tartari devastati enarratio” (1661). Modern historians note the discrepancy between the picture and the content of the book; e.g., the severed head held by the warrior has a queue, which is a Manchu hairstyle (also imposed by Manchu on the population of conquered China), and is not likely to be had by a Ming loyalist.
Amber Marie Rose
(Source: perito, via fromthebeehivetothebay)
