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Kingdom of Tunis. Restoration of the Carthage Aqueducts. The Carthage Aqueduct built by Emperor Hadrian. Expanded and repaired under Emperor Septimius Severus, as attested by a Carthaginian medal depicting Astarte on a galloping lion above a spring gushing forth in torrents. Destroyed by Gelimer, King of the Vandals; repaired by Belisarius, general under Justinian; cut off and restored once more by the Arab conquerors; finally destroyed by the Spaniards who were besieging Tunis; it was restored after three centuries of interruption during the reign of Sidi-Sadok Bey of Tunis. With Sidi-Mustapha as Prime Minister, Léon Roches, chargé d’affaires and Consul General of France, appointed by P. Colin, civil engineer and Knight of the Legion of Honor. MD.CCCLXII Handwritten signature (?) in the lower right corner: “Mr. Haussmann, Senator, Prefect of the Seine in Paris, September 8, 1863. P. Colin” Chromolithograph by Avril Frères, 18 rue des Bernardin, and lithograph by Hangard-Maugé, 5 rue Honoré-Chevalier, Paris. Height: 80.2 cm. Length: 169.5 cm. Some missing sections and tears. The original is held at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France under the reference: FRBNF40638245
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