IMAGE
Sainson, Louis Auguste de, b 1800 :Nouvelle-Zelande [Portraits and examples of tattoo]. Pl[ate] 70 / de Sainson pinxt; Maurin lith. J. Tastu, editeur, Lith. de Lemercier. [Paris; 1833]
- Date
- 1826 - 1833 - 1829
- By
- Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Maurin, Antoine, 1793-1860; Tastu, J, active 1828-1833; Lemercier, Alfred Léon, active 1830s-1840s; Hill, Julian, active 1996-2009
- Reference
- B-112-013
- Description
Shows head and shoulders portraits of five Maori. All but one are in profile. At bottom right, the wife of Tawiti has an infant folded inside her cloak. The two details of the mouths of Ekara and Tawiti's wife, show moko markings.
Title taken from the assigned title in Ellis' "Early prints of New Zealand" (Christchurch, 1978).
Other Titles - 1,2. Profil et face d'Epae, enfant de Wangari; 3. Ekara, jeune fille de la Baie des Iles; 4. Bouche d'Ekara; 5,6. Tawiti et sa femme; 7. Bouche de la femme de Tawiti
Other Titles - Profile and full face of Epae, child of Wangari; Ekara, young girl of the Bay of Islands; Ekara's mouth; Tawiti and his wife; Mouth of Tawiti's wife
Extended Title - From, Dumont D'Urville. Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe execute pendant les annees 1826 ... 1829 ... Atlas. (Paris, J Tastu, 1833).
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Lithograph, on sheet 517 x 337 mm.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Lithographs, Portraits, Ethnographic illustrations, Lithograph, on sheet 517 x 337 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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