CHT211340 The Dey of Algiers, Hussein ibn El Hussein strikes the French ambassador, M. Deval with a fan, 27th April 1827, cover of a school textbook, 1891 (colour litho) by Poirson, V.A. (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: le dey d\'Alger frappe d\'un coup d\'eventail l\'ambassadeur de France; dey was the title of the commander of the Janissaries of Algiers; title disused after the French conquest of 1830;); 穢 Archives Charmet; French, out of copyright.