[Kittlitz, Friedrich Heinrich, Freiherr von], 1799-1874 :[Vue de la riviere Lual dans l'Ile Ualan (Iles Carolines), 1826-29. 1838-43].

Shows at left a gnarled and overgrown tree in a river, with two heron standing beside it. On the near bank, at the right of the picture, is a tree with distinctive twisted roots and epiphytes. On the far saide of the river is more dense vegetation.

Plate 104 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. French edition (1835-36), has same plate and has the additional information that Danvin was the copyist.Chavannes engraved the French version, but the engraver for the Italian version is not given (it may also have been Chavannes). The image is copied from the picture by F H Kittlitz, who accompanied the voyage of Feodor Litke/Lutke in 1826-29. This appears as plate 21 in Litke's "Voyage autour du monde 1826-29" (1835-36).

Other Titles - View of the Lual River on the island of Ualan in the Caroline Islands.

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 - 104

Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) extracted from book..

Physical Description: Engraving, black and white, on paper, 216 x 141 mm.

Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloane Ltd Winter Antique auction, 1997, lots 462, 463, 466, 468, and 470.