[Beechey, Frederick William], 1796-1856 :Interno dell' isola Pitcairn. [1825. 1838-43].

Date
1825 - 1835 - 1838 - 1836 - 1843
By
Beechey, Frederick William (Capt), 1796-1856; Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842
Reference
A-318-036
Description

Shows a group of women and two men in sailor shirts in and around dwellings in a bush clearing. Two women are cooking an animal over a fire and another holds a child. One of the houses (the one on the right) has two storeys, and there is a rain barrel beside it. There is a precipice in the centre distance.

Plate 141 in Domeny de Rienzi's book (but appears to be missing from ATL's French edition).

Based on a drawing by Frederick William Beechey

Other Titles - Polynesia - Interior of Pitcairn Island

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 - 141

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.

Access restrictions
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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, 141 x 216 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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