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Postels, Aleksandr, 1801-1871 :Indigeni d'ambi i sessi alle Caroline [1826-29]. [1838-43].
- Date
- 1838 - 1835 - 1843 - 1836
- By
- Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842; Postels, Aleksandr, 1801-1871
- Reference
- A-318-015
- Description
Shows a man (front view at left), and a woman (back view at right), both dressed in loin cloths, to display tattoing on the trunk and limbs. Both wear earrings, and have their hair bound on top of their heads.
Plate 102 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. French edition (1835-36), has same plate and has the additional information that Danvin was the copyist. Milot engraved the French version, but the engraver for the Italian version is not given (it may also have been Milot).
Plate 28 in Litke's "Voyage autour du monde 1826-29" (1835-36), where it is attributed to Postels, one of the artists on the voyage.
Other Titles - Iles Carolines (Basses) -Indigenes des deux sexes
Other Titles - Natives of both sexes in the Caroline Islands
Other Titles - Habitans des Iles Carolines basses
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 - 102
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) extracted from book..
Physical Description: Engraving, black and white, on paper, 216 x 141 mm.
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- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Various artists :[66 engravings of Oceanian subjects, including Tahiti, Marquesas, Tonga, Pitcairn, Vanuatu, and Polynesia in general. 1838-1843]. / Various artists :[66 engravings of Oceanian subjects, including Tahiti, Marquesas, Tonga, Pitcairn, Vanuatu, and Polynesia in general. 1838-1843].
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s) extracted from book., Works of art, Engravings, Ethnographic illustrations, Engraving, black and white, on paper, 216 x 141 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842. Postels, Aleksandr, 1801-1871 :Indigeni d'ambi i sessi alle Caroline [1826-29]. [1838-43].. Various artists :[66 engravings of Oceanian subjects, including Tahiti, Marquesas, Tonga, Pitcairn, Vanuatu, and Polynesia in general. 1838-1843].. Ref: A-318-015. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22503800More information can be found in our terms of use.