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LeJeune, Jules Louis :Archipel des Iles Carolines. Nat.l de l'ile Penelape. Nat.l de i'il Aouera. Habitants de l'ile Iros. A. Chazal. [1826]
- Date
- 1823 - 1826
- Reference
- C-082-124
- Description
A row of four Caroline Islands men, all dressed in their characteristic costume. The Pingelap man on the left has tattoos, his hair in a topknot, a loin cloth and necklaces and holds a paddle. The next man on the left has different tattoos and his hair loose. To the right of centre is a third man wearing a waist band, his tattoos on his upper body. On the far right is a man in a coolie-style hat (circular and rising to a central point) and a tunic.
Based on an ink drawing by Jules LeJeune, artist with Duperrey during his 1822-1824 visit to the Pacific. This watercolour version was prepared by Chazal and engraved as Plate 57 for L. I. Duperrey's Voyage ... sur la Coquille ... 1822-1825. Histoire du voyage. (Paris, 1826)
'Penelape' is modern Pingelap. 'Aouera' may be the modern Anoun. Iros is a common local name for island and could either be part of the Caroline or Marshall Islands
Other Titles - Archipelago of the Caroline Islands. Native of Pingelap. Native of Aonera. Inhabitants of Iros Island. [translation]
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour, 250 x 380 mm
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- Part of
- Chazal, Antoine, 1793-1854 :[Watercolours, proof engravings and aquatints by Antoine Chazal and others after drawings by Jules LeJeune and others for Duperrey's Voyage autour du monde ... Paris, 1822-1825]
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour, 250 x 380 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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LeJeune, Jules Louis :Archipel des Iles Carolines. Nat.l de l'ile Penelape. Nat.l de i'il Aouera. Habitants de l'ile Iros. A. Chazal. [1826]. Chazal, Antoine, 1793-1854 :[Watercolours, proof engravings and aquatints by Antoine Chazal and others after drawings by Jules LeJeune and others for Duperrey's Voyage autour du monde ... Paris, 1822-1825]. Ref: C-082-124. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22733961More information can be found in our terms of use.