Cemeteries - Tonga

Date: 1838 - 1835 - 1777 - 1843 - 1836

From: Various artists :[66 engravings of Oceanian subjects, including Tahiti, Marquesas, Tonga, Pitcairn, Vanuatu, and Polynesia in general. 1838-1843].

By: Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842; Hodges, William, 1744-1797; Chollet, active 1835-36

Reference: A-318-051

Description: Shows a view based roughly on Byrne's drawing from Hodges' original. Shows two figures in the right foreground sitting in front of a cleared space, behind which is a raised cemetery of buildings with thatched roofs. To the left is a house with several women sitting inside it. There is a large tree in the left foreground. Plate 193 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. In the French edition, Danvin is inscribed as the copyist, and Cholet [sic] as the engraver. Byrne's engraving from a lost picture by Hodges, is given the title "Afia-too-ca, a burying place in the Isle of Amsterdam" by Joppien and Smith in "The art of Captain Cook's voyages", volume 2, page 192. Other Titles - Iles Tonga - Cimitiere Other Titles - Tonga - Cemetery / Burial ground Other Titles - Afia-too-ca, a burying place in the Isle of Amsterdam 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 - 193 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.

Date: 1777 - 1820 - 1778

From: [Various artists] :[Plates from All the voyages round the world] - [London ; Sir Richard Phillips & Co., 1820]

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793

Reference: A-211-052/053

Description: The top image, from an original made in 1778 by John Webber, shows a view of Christmas Harbour in Kerguelen's Land, with penguins and a man about to kill one. Cook's two sailing ships are moored in the stretch of water beyond. The lower image, from an original drawn by John Webber in 1777, shows a clearing in tropical vegetation. In the far left foreground is an open thatched shelter with two figures beside it. In the centre foreground a man walks with fruit or other foodstuffs tied to either end of a pole over his right shoulder. There are three thatched hutts on a slight rise in the background with palm trees beyond. Extended Title - Published in Samuel Prior's "All the voyages round the world" Quantity: 2 b&w art print(s) on one sheet. Physical Description: Engravings on sheet 180 x 104 mm.

Date: 1777 - 1784

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Hogg and Company

Reference: A-111-139

Description: Shows clearing in tropical vegetation. At right is an opened thatched shelter with two seated figures beside it. Closer at right a man walks with fruit or other foodstuffs tied to either end of a pole over his right shoulder. At left on a raised circular area is a thatched windowless hut. There are palm trees in the background. This is engraved after a drawing by Webber on Cook's third voyage, 1777. This picture has similar elements but differs from William Hodges' "Afia-too-ca..." engraved by W. Byrne (see C-051-022); also differs from Webber's "View of a fa'itoka, or burying place in Tongataboo" (engraving at A-111-020/020-a). This latter, engraved by Thornton, appears immediately after the work here described, in Anderson's "A new authentic and complete collection of voyages ..." (1784-86). It is possible that Thornton was also the engraver of this work. (See previous note.) ATL has Anderson, George W. (ed), "A new authentic and complete collection of voyages..." London, 1784-86 at: f Rare 910.8 ANDE New 1784-86. Extended Title - From: Anderson, George William (ed.), "A new authentic and complete collection of voyages..." opposite page 462. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - A View of AFI-TOO-CA, a BURYING PLACE, in the Island of AMSTERDAM.; Unsigned and undated. Webber was aboard Cook's third voyage which visited Tonga (called the island of Amsterdam) in May-July 1777. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, black and white 212 x 318 mm, on sheet 248 x 386 mm.

Date: 1838 - 1835 - 1827 - 1843 - 1836

From: Various artists :[66 engravings of Oceanian subjects, including Tahiti, Marquesas, Tonga, Pitcairn, Vanuatu, and Polynesia in general. 1838-1843].

By: Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842; Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Desaul, active 1835

Reference: A-318-053

Description: Shows a stone platform in four gradations narrowing towards the top. Two figures stand before it, looking at it. In the middle distance at the right, one can see a gradated circular tomb of a similar kind. Plate 200 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. In the French edition, Danvin is inscribed as the copyist, and Desaul as the engraver. The version in Dumont d'Urville's account of his voyage, gives de Sainson as the artist. Other Titles - Archipel de Tonga - Fai-toka ou tombeau du Toui-Tonga. Tonga Archipelago - Faitoka or tomb of Toui-Tonga 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 - 200 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.