Bonatti, D K, active 1800-1820s

Date: 1774 - 1810 - 1830

By: Hodges, William, 1744-1797; Bonatti, D K, active 1800-1820s; Hill, Julian, active 1996-2009

Reference: A-054-015

Description: Shows two images, rearranged from originals by Williams Hodges. In the upper half there is the woman of Santa Christina with a blue scarf around her head and shoulders. Beside her is the Chief, with a feathered headdress and pink robes. In the lower half, the items on Hodges "Ornaments and weapons at the Marquesas" are shown in an arrangement different from that produced after Hodges by Charles Chapman, but all the same items are present. The ornaments and weapons, identified in Joppien & Smith's "Art of Captain Cook's voyages" (1985), volume 2, page 207, are: a gorget ornamented with red pease; an ornament for the head; a club; a head-dress; a fan. From an unknown Italian publication. One of the etchers was Angelo Biasioli, 1790-1830. Cook was in the Marquesas on his second voyage in 1774. Santa Christina is also known as Tahuata. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - D K Bonatti dis e inc. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Handpainted aquatint, plate 260 x 217 mm on loose page, 340 x 240 mm. Provenance: Purchased by the vendor from a dealer in Washington DC.

Date: 1774 - 1810 - 1830

By: Hodges, William, 1744-1797; Bonatti, D K, active 1800-1820s; Bottigelli, Carlo, active 1800-1820?; Hill, Julian, active 1996-2009

Reference: A-054-016

Description: Shows two images, both rearrangements after works by William Hodges. Upper image shows a woman from the island of Tanna with a small child looking over her shoulder; beside her is man of the island of Tanna, with long light-coloured hair and a darker beard. Lower image shows the upper bodies of a man and woman, based on the portraits of the bearded Man of New Caledonia (without hat), and the short-haired Woman of New Caledonia. From an unknown Italian publication. One of the etchers was Angelo Biasioli, 1790-1830. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - C Botigelli dis e inc; Recto - bottom right - D K Bonatti l'acq. tinta Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Handcoloured aquatint, plate 295 x 195 mm on loose page, 340 x 240 mm. Provenance: Purchased by the vendor from a dealer in Washington DC.