IMAGE
Bottigla, C :Isola di Pasqua. [Early nineteenth century]
- Date
- 1799 - 1820
- By
- Bottigla, C, active 1800s
- Reference
- A-211-012
- Description
Shows French explorers viewing Easter Island statues, observed by local people seated to the left. Derived from Godfrey de Vancy's engraving 'Insulaires at monumens de l'Ile de Paque' published in Voyage de La Perouse. Atlas No. II. (London, 1799)
Title from pencil inscription
Background details show considerable variation from the engraving from which this view has been copied, particularly in the landscape
Other Titles - Easter Island [translation]
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - C. Bottigla F(ecit). Also inscribed in pencil below work, Isola di Pasqua
Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).
Physical Description: Aquatint (hand-coloured), 194 x 280 mm on sheet 252 x 360 mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 colour art print(s), Works of art, Aquatints, Portraits, Aquatint (hand-coloured), 194 x 280 mm on sheet 252 x 360 mm
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