IMAGE
Artist unknown :Madchen von Foa (Tonga-Oarne). C S del. Lith Jnst Arnz & Co. Dusseldorf. [1840s?]
- Date
- 1840 - 1850
- By
- Arnz, J, active 1850s
- Reference
- A-452-005
- Description
Three-quarter-length profile of a young Tongan woman. She wears a knee-length wrap round her waist, but is otherwise naked. Her hair is cut short, and is brushed back and frizzy. She carries what appears to be a large palm leaf in her hand; her arms are crossed at her waist.
Other Titles - Girl from Foa (Tonga) [translation]
Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).
Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, on sheet 220 x 143 mm
Provenance: Purchase: Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, September 2012
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 colour art print(s), Works of art, Lithographs, Portraits, Lithograph, hand-coloured, on sheet 220 x 143 mm, Orientation: Vertical image
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Arnz, J, active 1850s. Artist unknown :Madchen von Foa (Tonga-Oarne). C S del. Lith Jnst Arnz & Co. Dusseldorf. [1840s?]. Ref: A-452-005. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/31982272More information can be found in our terms of use.