XEE4185621 In a town in Senegal, a Senegalese waxing the boots of the statue of General Faidherbe was stopped by a policeman. He intended to pay tribute to the benefactor Louis Leon Cesar Faidherbe (1818-1889), a French soldier and governor of Senegal, by maintaining the boots of his statue with the French polish ??sLe lion noir??????. Advertising illustration. Engraving in ??s??? Le petit Journal Illustr????????, 1926. Private collection. by Anonymous; Private Collection; (add.info.: In a town in Senegal, a Senegalese waxing the boots of the statue of General Faidherbe was stopped by a policeman. He intended to pay tribute to the benefactor Louis Leon Cesar Faidherbe (1818-1889), a French soldier and governor of Senegal, by maintaining the boots of his statue with the French polish ??sLe lion noir??????. Advertising illustration. Engraving in ??s??? Le Pepetit Journal illustrious??????, 1926. Private collection.); Stefano Bianchetti; out of copyright.