Paul Soleillet
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Paul Soleillet was a French explorer in West Africa and Ethiopia. He was a strong believer in opening up Africa to trade through peaceful means, and thus bringing the benefits of French civilization t
Cover of an 1886 L'Univers illustré issue dedicated to the recently deceased Soleillet
Ahmadou Sekou Tall c.1865 by Camille Pietri
Soleillet in Obock in 1882
Bust of Soleillet in Nîmes, later moved and then melted down
Arthur Rimbaud
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Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud was a French poet known for his transgressive and surreal themes and for his influence on modern literature and arts, prefiguring surrealism.
Paul Soleillet
…last years in East Africa tying to develop trade between the French enclave of Djibouti and Ethiopia. Just before he died he was in partnership with Arthur Rimbaud in an attempt to ship arms to the future Emperor of Ethiopia. Jean-Joseph-Marie-Michel-Paul Soleillet was born in Nîmes on 29 April 1842. His family…
Rimbaud on the day of his First Communion
Plaque erected on the centenary of Rimbaud's death at the place where he was shot and wounded by Verlaine in Brussels
By the table, an 1872 painting by Henri Fantin-Latour. Verlaine is on the far left and Rimbaud is at the second to the left.
Rimbaud convalescing from his gunshot wound in Brussels (painting by "Jef Rosman").