1846, Paris, FRANCE: The french painter ALEXANDRE-GABRIEL DECAMPS (1803-1860), the SUICIDE, engraved by Eugène Leroux (1807 1863), printed by Bertauts. Decamps was the founding father of Orientalism since he revealed everyday Oriental life in the 1831 Salon in Paris. His subjects and style with strong contrast of light and thick material became the reference for painters but also photographers and writers