IMAGE
[Webber, John], 1757-1793 :Danseuse de l'Ile Otaiti. Imp B Jollivet. T[ome] 5. pl[ate] 3. Page 15.
- Date
- 1777 - 1838
- By
- Webber, John, 1751-1793; Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, Jacques, 1757-1810; B. Jollivet (Firm)
- Reference
- A-384-062
- Description
Shows a full length portrait of a woman wearing a long skirt, wing-shaped cloth behind her upper body, bikini-top, and a hat wider at the top than at the brim. There are decorative ropes or strands suspended from the top of her skirt. She holds her arms raised slightly away from her body, in a dancing stance.
Hand colouring may be twentieth century; other examples of this publication exist in black & white.
Other Titles - Dancer of Tahiti; Volume
Extended Title - From Pierre Sylvain Marechal "Costumes civils de tous les peuples", avec une notice historique sur les moeurs, usages... de chaque peuple, 3rd edition, Guincamp; B Jollivet, 1837-1838.
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Imp B Jollivet
Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).
Physical Description: Handcoloured engraving on sheet 188 x 118 mm.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 colour art print(s), Works of art, Engravings, Ethnographic illustrations, Handcoloured engraving on sheet 188 x 118 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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