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Sellier, P :[Ten ink drawings of Pacific Islanders including Tahitians, Marquesans, Vanuatuans and Papua New Guineans, 1893 or 1894?]
- Date
- 1893 - 1894
- By
- Sellier, P, active 1890s
- Reference
- A-340-044/053
- Description
Ink drawings prepared as book illustrations showing Pacific Islanders, mostly from the early nineteenth century. The source of most of the drawings is unknown; some have been copied from previous publications. From the dates of those publications, it is estimated that these drawings date to the no earlier than the 3rd third of the nineteenth century. They were published in Pauline Cocherie, Les parures primitives (Paris, Furne et Jouvet, 1894).
Each drawing carries inscriptions in two different hands, giving the geographical location of each subject, the volume number in which it was to be used, and the page or folio number on which it was to appear. Some also have longer notes on the illustration. From the numbering, the projected publication was to have at least three volumes, possibly all with continuous numbering (numbers up to 111 are noted).
None carries a signature but four of the ten carry what appears to be a set of initials, P S
The subject of most is personal adornment - jewellery, tattooing, head-dresses, flowers. Island locations are: Marquesas, Nukahiva, Santa Cruz, Mangareva, Iles Viti [Fiji], New Guinea, Soloman Islands, Tahiti.
Research by the vendor of the drawings established that they are originals for Les parures primitives by Mme P. Cocheris. (Paris, Furne & Jouvet, 1894). A second edition was published in 1914. The book was illustrated with drawings by P. Sellier
Other Titles - Cocheris, Pauline. Les parures primitives. Paris, Furne & Jouvet, 1894
Quantity: 10 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Pen and ink drawings, sizes varying up to 235 x 160 mm.
Provenance: Purchased in 2006. The vendor previously bought them from a Paris vendor.
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- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Format
- 10 drawing(s), Works of art, Ink drawings, Ethnographic illustrations, Pen and ink drawings, sizes varying up to 235 x 160 mm.
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Unknown[Sellier, P] :Naturel de Mangareva, cheveux empates d'argile et travailles en corne et ...
Date: 1893 - 1894
From: Sellier, P :[Ten ink drawings of Pacific Islanders including Tahitians, Marquesans, Vanuatuans and Papua New Guineans, 1893 or 1894?]
Reference: A-340-047
Description: Shows a portrait of the head of a man of Magareva, French Polynesia, with a horn made of plastered clay on the top of his head, and clay "ear-muffs" at the sides. Other Titles - Native of Magareva, his hair plastered with clay and worked into a horn and ... Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Partial title]; Recto - bottom right - Reduite de 1/4; Verso - centre - Ch 2, f89 . [Full title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on card, 155 x 119 mm.
Sellier, P :Indigene tatoue des iles Marquises / P S. [1894?]
Date: 1803 - 1893 - 1806 - 1894
From: Sellier, P :[Ten ink drawings of Pacific Islanders including Tahitians, Marquesans, Vanuatuans and Papua New Guineans, 1893 or 1894?]
Reference: A-340-044
Description: Shows a full length figure of a tattooed man with an ornate small flat headdress. He holds a bow in his right hand and a handful of arrows in his left hand. The figure is very similar to that entitled "Noukahiva (Oceania)" at A-119-030. The image is therefore derived from that in Kruzenstern, A Atlas... 1824 (f910.4 Kru). Pl. 10. Kruzensterns' voyage took place 1803-1806. A variant of the same image is also reproduced in A Wahlen, Moeurs, usages et costumes... Oceanie Bruxelles, 1845. Pl. 200. Other Titles - Tattooed native of the Marquesas islands. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title]; Recto - bottom right - Reduire de 1/5; Verso - centre - Ch 1, p [or f] 34 [or 94]. Indigene des Iles Marquises Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on card, 155 x 118 mm.
[Sellier, P] :Tahitienne couronnee de fleurs; Tahitienne ornie de fleurs [1894?]
Date: 1893 - 1894
From: Sellier, P :[Ten ink drawings of Pacific Islanders including Tahitians, Marquesans, Vanuatuans and Papua New Guineans, 1893 or 1894?]
Reference: A-340-052
Description: Shows a frontal portrait of the head and shoulders of a Tahitian woman, with two long plaits. Her hair is festooned with flowers and palm leaves, and she wears a floral necklace. She is wearing a floral-printed garment, probably of European design. Other Titles - Tahitian woman crowned with flowers; adorned with flowers Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Partial title]; Recto - bottom right - Reduire de 1/4; Verso - centre - Ch 3, f110 . [Partial title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on card, 160 x 119 mm.
[Sellier, P] :Santa Cruz; habitant de Santa-Cruz, ile de la Reine-Charlotte, avec les n...
Date: 1893 - 1894
From: Sellier, P :[Ten ink drawings of Pacific Islanders including Tahitians, Marquesans, Vanuatuans and Papua New Guineans, 1893 or 1894?]
Reference: A-340-046
Description: The head of a man of Santa Cruz, his nostrils threaded with flowers and a wreath of foliage on his head. he wears threaded shells or beads or seeds in his ears, and the back of his head (possibly long hair) is encased in a fabric snood[?] Other Titles - Inhabitant of the island of Santa Cruz, island of the Queen Charlotte Islands, his nostrils adorned with red flowers and his forehead (?) covered with foliage Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title]; Recto - bottom right - Reduire de 1/4; Verso - centre - Ch 2, f 62. Habitant de Santa-Cruz, ile de la Reine-Charlotte, avec les narines ornis de fleurs rouges et son front [?] couvert de feuillages Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on card, 155 x 117 mm.
Sellier, P :Indigene de l'Archipel de la Societe; homme de Tahiti couronne de feuillage...
Date: 1893 - 1894
From: Sellier, P :[Ten ink drawings of Pacific Islanders including Tahitians, Marquesans, Vanuatuans and Papua New Guineans, 1893 or 1894?]
Reference: A-340-053
Description: Shows a frontal portrait of the head and shoulders of a man from Tahiti, his head crowned with large leaves and flowers. Other Titles - Native of the Society Islands; man of Tahiti crowned with foliage Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Partial title]; Recto - bottom right - Reduire de 1/10; Verso - centre - Ch 3, [f] 111 [Partial title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on card, 162 x 119 mm.
Sellier, P :Ornement, front, Iles Salomon. Habitant des Iles Salomon avec sa[?] plaque ...
Date: 1893 - 1894
From: Sellier, P :[Ten ink drawings of Pacific Islanders including Tahitians, Marquesans, Vanuatuans and Papua New Guineans, 1893 or 1894?]
Reference: A-340-050
Description: Shows a frontal portrait of the head of a man of the Soloman Islands. He wears a necklace of teeth or coral pieces, and has an engraved patterned disk on his forehead, bound with a headband. Other Titles - Forehead ornament, Solomon Islands; native of the Solomon Islands with his frontal plaque. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Partial title]; Recto - bottom right - Reduire de 1/4; Verso - centre - Ch 2, f96 [or 97] . [Partial title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on card, 162 x 121 mm.
[Sellier, P] :Papou N[ou]velle Guinee. Papou Arfak [1894?]
Date: 1893 - 1894
From: Sellier, P :[Ten ink drawings of Pacific Islanders including Tahitians, Marquesans, Vanuatuans and Papua New Guineans, 1893 or 1894?]
Reference: A-340-049
Description: Shows a portrait of the head and shoulders of a man of Arfak (probably on the Doberei Peninsula of Western Irian Jaya). The hairstyle is composed of rounded clumps, and a thin strip of cloth is tied around the head amongst them. The man wears a large nose ring and large earrings, rings encircling his upper arms, and a necklace with pendant. Other Titles - Papua New Guinea, Arfak Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title]; Recto - bottom right - Reduire de 1/4; Verso - centre - Ch 2, f91 . [Partial title; plus additional pencil notes in French, probably about the hairstyle] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on card, 160 x 119 mm.
[Sellier, P] :Indigene en Iles Viti. Indigene des Iles Viti [1894?]
Date: 1893 - 1819 - 1894 - 1821
From: Sellier, P :[Ten ink drawings of Pacific Islanders including Tahitians, Marquesans, Vanuatuans and Papua New Guineans, 1893 or 1894?]
Reference: A-340-048
Description: Shows a profile portrait of the head of a man of Fiji Islands. He is bearded and has a dense spherical bouffant hair style, complete with a straight tusk or horn decoration protruding from the left side of the coiffure, and another decorative addition protruding from the back. He is tattooed across his upper cheek and nose, and wears a necklace with triangular components. The coiffure has some similarities to that shown in the drawing by Jacques E V Arago, showing a man form New Guinea (Rawack), Mabbeo, Port Dorey, in about 1820 (See Plate 28 in "Voyage de la Corvette L'Astrolabe ..." Paris, 1833 Mitchell Library X980/5l; file print in Drawings Paintings & Prints) Other Titles - Native of the Viti Islands, Fiji Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Partial title]; Recto - bottom right - Reduire de 1/5; Verso - centre - Ch 2, f90 . [Partial title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on card, 160 x 119 mm.
[Sellier, P] :Naturel des Nouvelles Hebrides; habitant des Hebrides [1894?]
Date: 1893 - 1894
From: Sellier, P :[Ten ink drawings of Pacific Islanders including Tahitians, Marquesans, Vanuatuans and Papua New Guineans, 1893 or 1894?]
Reference: A-340-051
Description: Shows a full length portrait of an ornately tattooed man holding a bow in his right hand and a long arrow in his left hand, resting over his left shoulder. He wears a short skirt of leaves and shells (or fruit), a headdress of the same components, and a necklace of shells (or fruit). Other Titles - Native inhabitant of the New Hebrides Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Partial title]; Recto - bottom right - ... dehaut [deleted: Reduire de 1/4]; Verso - centre - Ch 3 , f108 . [Partial title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on card, 159 x 121 mm.
[Sellier, P] :Reine di Noukahiva, Iles Marquises. [1894?]
Date: 1837 - 1893 - 1839 - 1894
From: Sellier, P :[Ten ink drawings of Pacific Islanders including Tahitians, Marquesans, Vanuatuans and Papua New Guineans, 1893 or 1894?]
Reference: A-340-045
Description: Shows a half-length profile portrait of a seated woman holding a fan in her right hand. Her hair is drawn back and tied with a strip of cloth. her forearms and hands are tattooed, and she wears a necklace and earrings. The figure is based on a work by Louis Le Breton, "La princesse Patini, Tahia, jeune fille de la baie Anna Maria, Iles Nouka-Hiva", Plate no. 59 of: Voyage au pole sud et dans l'Oceanie. Atlas pittoresque, vol. 1 / J. Dumont d'Urville, published 1846, from a visit in 1839 or 1840. Other Titles - Queen of Nukuhiva, Marquesas Islands Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title]; Recto - bottom right - Reduire de 1/3; Verso - centre - Ch 1, f 39. Femme des Iles Marquises [Woman of the Marquesas Islands] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on card, 233 x 158 mm.