Artist unknown :Pomare II. [ca 1820. 1838-43].

Shows a half-length portrait of Pomare II, king of Tahiti, in white shirt and loose overtunic. He has his hair tied back, and wears a moustache. The engraving is further removed from that published in England in 1829 (engraver Woolnorth, in William Ellis' "Polynesian researches" vol. 1, frontispiece. H Fisher, Son & Co, publishers, 1829), than the version in the French edition of Domeny de Rienzi, and therefore is by a different engraver.

Plate 158 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. In the French edition, Danvin is inscribed as the copyist, and Mme Lesueur as the engraver.

Other known portraits by Lejeune and John Lewin, do not match this image sufficiently to have been sources. (See file prints in Drawings & Prints).

Other Titles - Pomare II, King of Tahiti, Eimeo, &c.

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 - 158

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

Physical Description: Engraving, black and white, on paper, 216 x 141 mm.

Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloane Ltd Winter Antique auction, 1997, lots 462, 463, 466, 468, and 470.