Joseph Gallieni, French general Size:Large: 7 x 5in formerly a debtors' prison

formerly a debtors' prison

A book lies open on a stand beside him

There were many complaints at the time that the increasing amount of red tape was preventing progress

Detail from an altarpiece dedicated to the Virgin

Joseph Gallieni, French general Size:Large: 7 x 5in formerly a debtors' prisonJoseph Gallieni, French general, 1899. Joseph Simon Gallieni (1849 1916) was a French soldier, most active as a military commander and administrator in the French colonies, who came out of retirement to serve in the First World War. He has been credited with playing a decisive role in halting the German advance at the Battle of the Marne in 1914. At the time of this photograph he was serving as Governor of Madagascar. A photograph from Album de