IMAGE
Sainson, Louis Auguste de 1800- :Tipi degli indigeni della Nuova Zelanda / Mercier [sc.]. [1846?].
- Date
- 1827 - 1847
- By
- Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Mercier, active 1840s; Thomson, John Mansfield, 1926-1999
- Reference
- A-119-025-a/026-a
- Description
Shows head and shoulders profiles of 2 Maori men, tattooed and with topknots.
Wahlen's book is a translation of his "Moeurs, usages et coutumes de tous les peuples du monde..." Bruxelles, 1843-44. Vol. 4.
This print is probably a first state. It differs from A-119-025/026 which does not have the signature by MERCIER and which shows damage or wear on the block in the shading above the upper figure's left shoulder
Other Titles - Types of natives of New Zealand [translation]
Extended Title - From: Wahlen, A. Usi e costumi sociali, politici, et religiosi... Vol. 2 Oceania. Torino, 1844-1847.
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - MERCIER; Recto - beneath image - Tipi degli indigeni della Nuova Zelanda
Sainson visited New Zealand in the Astrolabe in early 1827.
Engraved after L. A. de Sainson's \"Nouvelle Zelande: chef de Houa-Houa...\" (image reversed), and \"Nouvelle Zelande. Naturel de Teraouiti\" (image reversed). See Dumont dUrville, J. S. C. \"Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe...Atlas\". Paris: J. Tastu, 1833. Plate 53.
Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).
Physical Description: Wood engraving, handcoloured, on sheet 265 x 165 mm.
Provenance: Purchased from Mr J. M. Thomson, of Wellington, in 1991.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- [Various artists] :[Costume plates of Oceania] Torino [Turin] ; Fontana, 1844
- Format
- 1 colour art print(s), Works of art, Wood engravings, Ethnographic illustrations, Wood engraving, handcoloured, on sheet 265 x 165 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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