GIA4808117 He was on his knees, on the floor, in front of her. Illustration by V.A. Poirson (1890) for the novel ???alammbo??by Gustave Flaubert, taking as a framework the mercenary war at the time of the first Punic War (246-241 BC) between the Romans and Carthaginians. by Poirson, V.A. (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: He was on his knees, on the floor, in front of her. Illustration by V.A. Poirson (1890) for the novel ???alammbo??by Gustave Flaubert, taking as a framework the mercenary war at the time of the first Punic War (246-241 BC) between the Romans and Carthaginians.); by Giancarlo Costa; French, out of copyright.