IMAGE
[Beechey, Frederick William], 1796-1856 :Polinesia - Scaricatore dell' isola Pitcairn. [1825. 1838-43].
- Date
- 1825 - 1835 - 1838 - 1836 - 1843
- By
- Beechey, Frederick William (Capt), 1796-1856; Ales, active 1835; Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842
- Reference
- A-318-035
- Description
Shows two canoes full of figures, buffetted by waves close to the beach on Pitcairn Island. There are rocks in the foreground, and rocky cliffs lining the coast, with a high rocky point in the background.
Plate 140 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. In the French edition, Danvin is inscribed as the copyist and Ales as the engraver.
Based on a drawing by Frederick William Beechey
Other Titles - Polynesie - Debarcadaire de l'ile Pitcairn
Other Titles - Polynesia - Landing at Pitcairn Island
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 - 140
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, Engraving, black and white, on paper, 141 x 216 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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