[Elliot, Robert James], d 1849 :Isole Taiti - Veduta dell'Isola Huahina. [ca 1820s? 1838-43].

Shows a large tree in the centre foreground, leaning to the right. In the background is a bay with dwellings along the water's edge. There is a group of three in the foreground and another group along the shore at the left.

Plate 164 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. In the French edition, Danvin is inscribed as the copyist, and Chavannes as the engraver.

Other Titles - Archipel de Taiti - Vue de l'ile Huahini

Other Titles - Ile Wahine Huahine

Other Titles - Tahiti - view of the island of Huahine

Extended Title - From G L Domeny's "Oceania o quinta parte del mondo revista geografica ed etnografica della Malesia, della Micronesia, della Polinesia e della Melanesia ...". Venezia, Giuseppe Antonelli, 1838-43. (Italian edition of his "Oceanie ...". Paris, Firmin Didot freres, 1835-36).

Inscriptions: Recto - top right - 164

Artist is variously described as travelling in the 1780s and the 1820s. Artist's idea not clear; he may be Commander Robert Elliot, b 1767 (as ascribed by the National Library of Australia which holds the original oil painting), or Captain Robert J Elliot.

Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) extracted from book..

Physical Description: Engraving, black and white, on paper, 141 x 216 mm.

Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloane Ltd Winter Antique auction, 1997, lots 462, 463, 466, 468, and 470.