IMAGE
[Webber, John], 1751-1793 :Feste e giuoche. [1777. 1838-43].
- Date
- 1838 - 1835 - 1777 - 1843 - 1836
- By
- Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842; Webber, John, 1751-1793; Montaut, Gabriel Xavier, 1798-1852
- Reference
- A-318-054
- Description
Based loosely on a 1777 work by Webber "The reception of Captain Cook at Hapaee", showing two pairs of fighters in a large circle of onlookers. One pair is boxing and the other pair fights with clubs. Two sheaves of bound branches stand at either side in the background, in front of thatched dwellings.
Plate 201 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. In the French edition, where it is entitled "Fetes et jeux", Danvin is inscribed as the copyist, and Montaut as the engraver.
Other Titles - Archipel de Tonga - Fetes et jeux
Other Titles - Tonga - The reception of Captain Cook at Hapaee / Hapai
Other Titles - Tonga - Celebrations and games
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 - 201
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.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- Various artists :[66 engravings of Oceanian subjects, including Tahiti, Marquesas, Tonga, Pitcairn, Vanuatu, and Polynesia in general. 1838-1843]. / Various artists :[66 engravings of Oceanian subjects, including Tahiti, Marquesas, Tonga, Pitcairn, Vanuatu, and Polynesia in general. 1838-1843].
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s) extracted from book., Works of art, Engravings, Ethnographic illustrations, Engraving, black and white, on paper, 141 x 216 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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