Series Of Twelve Talking Plates: The Dahomey War By General Dodds (1842-1922)

This series of talking plates, in grisaille, is from the Choisy le Roi factory and relates the significant episodes of the Dahomey War by General Dodds (1842 - 1922) The conquest of Dahomey, formerly called Abomey until 1900 began on July 4, 1892 to January 15, 1894 and ended with the annexation of Abomey by France. This complete series of plates relate the different episodes of this war as Plate N1: The departure (0ran) N2: Kotonou: The passage of the bar N 3: The arrival of Colonel Doods at the Warff of Kotonou N 4: The French factories in Kotonou N 5: Marching in the bush N 6: Combats of L'ouémé N 7: Abomey: the illusions of Behanzin N 8: Tirailleurs Aoussas in the service of France N9: march of the Doods column in the forest N 10: At the bivouac: in Pegessa N11: King Behanzin and his court N12: General Doods winner of Behanzin Brand of the factory "H.Boulenger & cie" on the back of the plates