IMAGE
Artist unknown :Regina delle isole Sandwich / Doms sc. [Turin, 1845-1847]
- Date
- 1844
- By
- Arago, Jacques Etienne Victor, 1790-1854; Choris, Louis Andrevitch, 1795-1828; Doms, active 1840s
- Reference
- A-119-012
- Description
A head and shoulders portrait Queen Kaonoe, shown as a young bare-breasted woman wearing a headdress, necklace and tattoos.
Images may be based on an original drawing by Louis Choris in 1815-1818. It may be loosely based on his "Reine Cahoumanou", lithographed in 1822. It may also be after a drawing by Jacques Arago showing Queen Kaonoe
Wahlen's book is a translation of his "Moeurs, usages et coutumes de tous les peuples du monde..." Bruxelles, 1843-44. Vol. 4.
Other Titles - Queen of the Sandwich islands
Other Titles - Hawaii
Extended Title - From: Wahlen, A. Usi e costumi sociali, politici, et religiosi... Vol. 2 Oceania. Torino, 1844-1847.
Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).
Physical Description: Wood engraving, handcoloured, on sheet 270 x 175 mm.
- 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 270 x 175 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
Click to request to view this item, access digital version (if available), and see more information.