"King Theodore Giving Audience". From: Stanley and the White Heroes in Africa (etc.) (H. B. Scammel, 1890). Own scan. Public domain on account of age.
The image shows Theodore, king of Abessynia (1855-1868). The book writes: "English messengers were overawed by being received by the king surrounded by lions, and were robbed of their dispatches and maltreated."
"King Theodore Giving Audience". From: Stanley and the White Heroes in Africa (etc.) (H. B. Scammel, 1890). Own scan. Public domain on account of age. {{PD}}