[Elliot, Robert James], d 1849 :Isole Taiti. Sepolcro di Pomare II. [1832. 1838-43].

Shows two figures seated in the right foreground, amongst trees, surrounding a clearing, with the fenced enclosure of the tomb in the background. Within the fence are two huts. The trees in the enclosure are identified in Domeny de Rienzi (French edition, volume 2, page 306) as baringtonias and casuarinas.

Probably based on the 1822 drawing by Robert James Elliot (at A-282-034).

Plate 159 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. In the French edition, Danvin is inscribed as the copyist, and Chollet as the engraver.

Other Titles - Taiti - Tombeau de Pomare II. Tahiti - Tomb of Pomare II

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 - 159

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.