Passenger or more likely crew member aboard French vessels in the Pacific 1855-56. One of the vessels he travelled on or visited was the frigate the 'Alceste'.
Pottier, H J A, active 1855
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Pottier, H J A fl 1855 :Souvenir du bord; le dejeuner du matelot. Callao, le 28 fevrier...
Date: 1855
From: Pottier, H J A fl 1855 :Souvenirs de Taiti. [Album. 1854-56].
By: Pottier, H J A, active 1855; Sergent, (Monsieur), active 1900s?
Reference: E-548-012
Description: Shows six sailors grouped below decks, having a meal. Swords, axe and bucket, and a reel of rope, hang on wall behind. Other Titles - Memory / Reminder of shipboard life; meal-time for the sailor /sailors, 28 February 1855 Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil on tinted paper 115 x 179 mm, stuck to page 215 x 273 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Hordern House Rare Books Pty Ltd., in 1996.
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Pottier, H J A fl 1855 :Callao, le 9 Mars 1855.
Date: 1855
From: Pottier, H J A fl 1855 :Souvenirs de Taiti. [Album. 1854-56].
By: Pottier, H J A, active 1855; Sergent, (Monsieur), active 1900s?
Reference: E-548-007-3
Description: Shows profile of two-masted schooner with six sails. Other Titles - 9 March 1855. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - H.P. /[Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil on paper 78 x 106 mm, stuck on page 273 x 215 mm.
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Pottier, H J A fl 1855 :San Francisco le 27 Mars 1856.
Date: 1856
From: Pottier, H J A fl 1855 :Souvenirs de Taiti. [Album. 1854-56].
By: Pottier, H J A, active 1855; Sergent, (Monsieur), active 1900s?
Reference: E-548-003-1
Description: Shows three quarter head and shoulder portrait of a bearded sailor, with right hand tucked under jacket lapel. Possibly a self portrait. Other Titles - 27 March 1856 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Signature]: H. J. A. Pottier Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil on paper 107 x 97 mm, stuck to page 215 x 273 mm.
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Pottier, H J A fl 1855 :Le second Kook de la frigate l'Alceste. Dans mon lit, rade de P...
Date: 1855
From: Pottier, H J A fl 1855 :Souvenirs de Taiti. [Album. 1854-56].
By: Pottier, H J A, active 1855; Sergent, (Monsieur), active 1900s?
Reference: E-548-014
Description: Shows full-length portrait, right profile, of man with flat wide cap, hands resting on long pitchfork, in front of cabinets, from which hangs a large ladle. Other Titles - The second cook on the frigate Alceste. In my bed, roadstead at Petropavlovsk, 9 June 1855. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Le second Kook de la frigate 'Alceste; Recto - bottom left - H. Pottier / Dans mon lit / rade de Petropoloski / le 9 juin 1855 Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil on paper 165 x 121 mm, stuck to page 273 x 215 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Hordern House Rare Books Pty Ltd., in 1996.
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Pottier, H J A fl 1855 :Callao le 25 Fevrier 1855.
Date: 1855
From: Pottier, H J A fl 1855 :Souvenirs de Taiti. [Album. 1854-56].
By: Pottier, H J A, active 1855; Sergent, (Monsieur), active 1900s?
Reference: E-548-015
Description: Shows four ships including a paddle steamer flying French flag, off a coastline. Other Titles - 25 February 1855. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - H.P. / Callao le 25 Fevrier / 1855. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil on paper 92 x 250 mm, stuck to page 215 x 273 mm.
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Pottier, H J A fl 1855 :Interieur d'un case (Papeete). Le 19 septembre 1855[?].
Date: 1855
From: Pottier, H J A fl 1855 :Souvenirs de Taiti. [Album. 1854-56].
By: Pottier, H J A, active 1855; Sergent, (Monsieur), active 1900s?
Reference: E-548-013-1
Description: Shows interior of hut, with four Tahitians kneeling around a large bowl, three demonstrating by pointing to their mouths as naked child offers small bowl to the fourth man. A [French?] sailor holds the hand of a Tahitian woman who offers him a bowl. Other Titles - Inside a hut / interior of a house, 19 September 1855 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - bottom left - H. Pottier / le 19 septembre / 1855[?] Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Ink on paper 100 x 148 mm, stuck to page 273 x 215 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Hordern House Rare Books Pty Ltd., in 1996.
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Pottier, H J A fl 1855 :Mutoi Papeete. Taiti le 7 [?] 1855.
Date: 1855
From: Pottier, H J A fl 1855 :Souvenirs de Taiti. [Album. 1854-56].
By: Pottier, H J A, active 1855; Sergent, (Monsieur), active 1900s?
Reference: E-548-013-2
Description: Shows Tahitian in top hat, European shirt and wrap-around skirt, walking jauntily with walking stick, past fence and trees. Other Titles - Tahiti Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Mutoi papeete; Recto - bottom left - H. Pottier / Taiti le ..7 ../ 1855[?] Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Ink on paper 120 x 82 mm, stuck to page 215 x 273 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Hordern House Rare Books Pty Ltd., in 1996.
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Pottier, H J A fl 1855 :Ile San Lorenzo (Callao). Le 24 fevrier 185[5?].
Date: 1855
From: Pottier, H J A fl 1855 :Souvenirs de Taiti. [Album. 1854-56].
By: Pottier, H J A, active 1855; Sergent, (Monsieur), active 1900s?
Reference: E-548-007-1
Description: Shows two-masted paddle steamer in middle distance in front of distant island profile, with smaller islands at left. Other Titles - Island of San Lorenzo , 24 February Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - H.J.A. /Callao le 24 Fevrier / 185[5?]; Recto - beneath image - Ile San Lorenzo (Callao) See parent record for account of Pottier's voyages in the Pacific. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil on paper 85 x 264 mm, stuck to page 215 x 273 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Hordern House Rare Books Pty Ltd., in 1996.
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Pottier, H J A fl 1855 :Petropoloski. Le 7 Juin [or Juillet] 1855.
Date: 1855
From: Pottier, H J A fl 1855 :Souvenirs de Taiti. [Album. 1854-56].
By: Pottier, H J A, active 1855; Sergent, (Monsieur), active 1900s?
Reference: E-548-008
Description: Shows three sailing ships anchored in the roadstead off port and town of Petropavlovsk, in the Kamchatka Peninsula. One of the ships is flying a French flag. Other Titles - Petroupolosski Other Titles - Petropavlovsk, 7 June / July 1855 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Petroupolosski; Recto - bottom left - H. Pottier / Petropoloski le / 7 Jul..../ 1855[?] Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil on tinted paper 119 x 261 mm, stuck to page 215 x 273 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Hordern House Rare Books Pty Ltd., in 1996.
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Pottier, H J A fl 1855 :Souvenirs de Taiti. [Album. 1854-56].
Date: 1855 - 1863
By: Pottier, H J A, active 1855; Sergent, (Monsieur), active 1900s?
Reference: E-548
Description: Contains 32 drawings. Contains some portraits, scenes of shipboard life, and views in Tahiti, Callao (port near Lima), Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (Kamchatka peninsula), and San Francisco. Other Titles - Tahiti Inscriptions: Album page - top centre - (Inside front cover): Souvenirs de Taiti (1856) / M. Sergent, Ingenieur civil a Nancy, rue de George no 69 (m....). Voyage of the artist: from the evidence of the inscriptions he was in Callao in February-March 1855, Petropolovsk in June 1855, Tahiti in September 1855-February 1856, San Francisco in March 1856, and at Papeete again in September 1856. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album, 49 leaves, bound in brown board, 215 x 273 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Hordern House Rare Books Pty Ltd., in 1996.
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Pottier, H J A fl 1855 :Petropoloscki le 1er juin 1855.
Date: 1855
From: Pottier, H J A fl 1855 :Souvenirs de Taiti. [Album. 1854-56].
By: Pottier, H J A, active 1855; Sergent, (Monsieur), active 1900s?
Reference: E-548-018
Description: Shows three masted sailing ship with sails furled, and flag flying, anchored off the coast of the Kamchatka peninsula, with snowy mountain at left. Other Titles - Petropavlovsk, 1st June 1855. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - H.Pottier / [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil on paper 125 x 261 mm, stuck to page 215 x 273 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Hordern House Rare Books Pty Ltd., in 1996.
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Pottier, H J A fl 1855 :Souvenirs du Kamchatka. Petropoloscki. Le 8 Juin 1855.
Date: 1855
From: Pottier, H J A fl 1855 :Souvenirs de Taiti. [Album. 1854-56].
By: Pottier, H J A, active 1855; Sergent, (Monsieur), active 1900s?
Reference: E-548-010
Description: Shows mountainous coastline of Kamchatka with entrance to Petropavlovsk harbour in centre. Other Titles - Memories of Kamchatka. 8 June 1855 Petropavlovsk Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Souvenirs du Kamchatka; Recto - bottom left - H. Pottier / Petropoloscki le / 8 Juin/ 1855[?] Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil on paper 128 x 255 mm, stuck to page 215 x 273 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Hordern House Rare Books Pty Ltd., in 1996.
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Pottier, H J A fl 1855 :Ile des Etat.. 29 Juillet 1856.
Date: 1856
From: Pottier, H J A fl 1855 :Souvenirs de Taiti. [Album. 1854-56].
By: Pottier, H J A, active 1855; Sergent, (Monsieur), active 1900s?
Reference: E-548-023
Description: Shows pointed island in mid-ocean. Located somewhere between San Francisco (Feb 1856) and Tahiti (Sept. 1856). Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - H.P. / 29 Juillet 1856.; Recto - beneath image - Ile des Etat[...] Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil on paper 142 x 184 mm, stuck to page 215 x 273 mm.
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Pottier, H J A fl 1855 :[Coastal town with distant mountain]. 22 Avril 1854.
Date: 1864
From: Pottier, H J A fl 1855 :Souvenirs de Taiti. [Album. 1854-56].
By: Pottier, H J A, active 1855; Sergent, (Monsieur), active 1900s?
Reference: E-548-009
Description: Shows cloud-wreathed coast from a point off the coast, with small town in centre and snow-capped peak to the left. Probably somewhere in the Pacific or Pacific Rim. Other Titles - 22 April 1854 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - H.P.; Recto - bottom right - [Date] Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil on tinted paper 95 x 220 mm, stuck to page 215 x 273 mm.
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[Pottier, H J A] fl 1855 :Case (Papeete). [1850s].
Date: 1854 - 1859
From: Pottier, H J A fl 1855 :Souvenirs de Taiti. [Album. 1854-56].
By: Pottier, H J A, active 1855; Sergent, (Monsieur), active 1900s?
Reference: E-548-007-2
Description: Shows circular reed dwelling with one door opening, in palm grove with other dwellings nearby. Other Titles - House Other Titles - Hut Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil on paper 75 x 113 mm, stuck to page 215 x 273 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Hordern House Rare Books Pty Ltd., in 1996.
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Pottier, H J A fl 1855 :En mer, le 15 septembre 1856.
Date: 1856
From: Pottier, H J A fl 1855 :Souvenirs de Taiti. [Album. 1854-56].
By: Pottier, H J A, active 1855; Sergent, (Monsieur), active 1900s?
Reference: E-548-017
Description: Shows two-masted sailing ship, with seven crew visible, five of them on crossmast, either rolling or unrolling the sail. Other Titles - At sea, 15 September 1856. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - H.Pottier / en mer le 15 Septembre / 1856. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil on paper 141 x 220 mm, stuck to page 215 x 273 mm.
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[Pottier, H J A] fl 1855 :[Three heads. 1850s].
Date: 1855 - 1863
From: Pottier, H J A fl 1855 :Souvenirs de Taiti. [Album. 1854-56].
By: Pottier, H J A, active 1855; Sergent, (Monsieur), active 1900s?
Reference: E-548-005
Description: Shows profile drawings of two bearded men, one smoking in cap, and one in dress hat and monocle. The third head and shoulder portrait is of younger man (or woman) with right hand inside lapel of coat, scarf or cravat at neck. Inscriptions: Unsigned and undated. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil on page 215 x 273 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Hordern House Rare Books Pty Ltd., in 1996.
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Bellange, L fl 1850s :5me classe. [1850s].
Date: 1853 - 1963
From: Pottier, H J A fl 1855 :Souvenirs de Taiti. [Album. 1854-56].
By: Sergent, (Monsieur), active 1900s?; Bellange, L, active 1850s
Reference: E-548-025
Description: Two scenes in one. Left side, entitled "5me classe", shows back view of artist with sketchbook, umbrella, and workbag strapped to his back. Right side shows wounded horseman, gun on back, approaching crypt and memorial cross with the name "L. Bellange" written on it. Other Titles - 5th Fifth Cinquieme class Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - L. B.; Recto - beneath image - L. Bellange Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil on paper 128 x 233 mm, stuck to page 215 x 273 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Hordern House Rare Books Pty Ltd., in 1996.
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[Pottier, H J A] fl 1855 :[Horse. 1850s].
Date: 1855 - 1863
From: Pottier, H J A fl 1855 :Souvenirs de Taiti. [Album. 1854-56].
By: Pottier, H J A, active 1855; Sergent, (Monsieur), active 1900s?
Reference: E-548-002
Description: Shows left profile of horse to partway down legs. Similar in style to picture on page 24, showing peasants. Inscriptions: Unsigned and undated. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil on page 215 x 273 mm.
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Artist unknown :[Head of young woman. 1850s].
Date: 1853 - 1863
From: Pottier, H J A fl 1855 :Souvenirs de Taiti. [Album. 1854-56].
By: Sergent, (Monsieur), active 1900s?
Reference: E-548-027
Description: Shows head and shoulders of girl or young woman with hair drawn back. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil on paper 273 x 215 mm.