Sainson, Louis Auguste de, b 1801 (after) :Pl. 1. Oceanie. 1 et 3. Costumes des habitans de Tonga Tabou. 2 et 4. Id. de la Nouvelle Zelande. Demoraine delt; Taillant sculpt. Paris, Imp de Legay, rue de la Bucherie, 1 [1856]

Sainson, Louis Auguste de, b 1801 (after) :Pl. 1. Oceanie. 1 et 3. Costumes des habitans de Tonga Tabou. 2 et 4. Id. de la Nouvelle Zelande. Demoraine delt; Taillant sculpt. Paris, Imp de Legay, rue de la Bucherie, 1 [1856]
Date
1827 - 1856
By
Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Demoraine, Louis Pierre Rene, 1816-; Taillant, active 1840?; Imprimerie Legay (Paris, France)
Reference
A-327-035
Description

Shows four male figures, derived from Sainson, but arranged by the copyist. The first and third are from Tonga and the second and fourth from New Zealand. The New Zealand figures wear cloaks, and hold a taiaha and a broad-bladed paddle. The Tongan figures wear tooth necklaces and are bare-chested, one with dark paint or tattoo covering his right chest and part of the right arm.

Other Titles - Clothing of the inhabitants of Tongatapu; clothing of the inhabitants of New Zealand; idem

Extended Title - From Le monde; histoire de tous les peuples depuis les temps les plus recules jusqu'a nos jours. Par MM Saint-Prosper, de Saurigny, Duponchel, le baron Korff, Belloc et l'abbe Martin ... Vol 10, 1st part, Paris, 1856, facing page 422

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

Physical Description: Steel engraving, 105 x 160 mm, on sheet 148 x 233 mm.

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Format
1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Engravings, Ethnographic illustrations, Steel engraving, 105 x 160 mm, on sheet 148 x 233 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-. Sainson, Louis Auguste de, b 1801 (after) :Pl. 1. Oceanie. 1 et 3. Costumes des habitans de Tonga Tabou. 2 et 4. Id. de la Nouvelle Zelande. Demoraine delt; Taillant sculpt. Paris, Imp de Legay, rue de la Bucherie, 1 [1856]. Ref: A-327-035. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23168738

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