RICHARD BREND'AMOUR (1831-1915). GERMAN WOOD-ENGRAVER.. Women of Carthage. Engraving by R. Brendamour after a painting by Richard Linderum (1851-1926). It depicts a patriotic episode of the Third Punic War (149-146 BC), the last confrontation between the Carthage and Rome. The Carthaginian women deposit their jewellery, their treasures and even their hair (the object of the highest esteem of the Carthaginians) on the altar of the homeland in order to buy swords and spears and fight the invaders. La Ilustración Española y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), May 22, 1884.
Women of Carthage. Engraving by R. Brendamour after a painting by Richard Linderum (1851-1926). It depicts a patriotic episode of the Third Punic War (149-146 BC), the last confrontation between the Carthage and Rome. The Carthaginian women deposit their jewellery, their treasures and even their hair (the object of the highest esteem of the Carthaginians) on the altar of the homeland in order to buy swords and spears and fight the invaders. La Ilustración Española y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), May 22, 1884.