King Gezo of Dahomey (modern-day Benin) is depicted in a book called “Dahomey and the Dahomans; being the journals of two missions to the king of Dahomey, and residence at his capital, in the year 1849 and 1850,” published in 1851. (Frederick E. Forbes (London, Longman, Brown, Green,and Longmans, 1851), World Digital Library via Library of Congress)
Frederick E. Forbes (London, Longman, Brown, Green,and Longmans, 1851), World Digital Library via Library of Congress