Langsdorff, Georg Heinrich von (Baron), 1774-1852

Date: 1824 - 1830

From: Swainson, William, 1789-1855 :Watercolours of birds. 1828-1837.

Reference: E-256-q-069

Description: Drawing of a bird (ant bird family) perched on a branch. The plumage on the throat, breast and underparts is reddish brown. The head is a dull black streaked with white and there is a white stripe extending from the front of the eye, above the eye to the back of the head. The plumage on the back is brown streaked with black changing to reddish brown towards the tail which is black tipped with white. The upper half of the wings are black with rows of white spots; lower part is a dull brown. The beak and legs are grey. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil, 240 x 180 mm

Date: 1803 - 1815 - 1807 - 1830

By: Langsdorff, Georg Heinrich von (Baron), 1774-1852; Orlovskii, Aleksandr Osipovich, 1777-1832

Reference: A-356-027

Description: Shows a centrally placed formal arrangement of crossed spears, paddles, carvings, gourd, axe, fish hook, necklace and a skull on a plaited cord. Each item is labelled with numbers 1 to 13. Accompanied by a two-sided page of descriptive text, one side in German and one in French, itemising the 13 objects. A translation of the description is: 1. A bludgeon whose end is decorated with tresses of hair from a conquered enemy 2. A collar composed of many little bars of a very light wood, in the form of a horse-shoe decorated with black and red peas which have been stuck on 3. Two carved stilts 4. A mother-of-pearl hook 5. A wicker calabash 6. A stone axe with a wooden handle 7. An artistically plaited fan 8. Two different kinds of oar 9. A sling made from coconut fibres 10. Ornament of the joints of the hand and the foot in feathers (not seen in this illustration?) 11. Two ear pendants formed from a mold (?) and a pig's tooth 12. Two decorated javelins 13. A skull decorated with pig's teeth carried of as a prize from an enemy An internet source states that this illustration comes from "Bilderbuch fur Kinder: enthaltend eine angenehme Sammlung von Thieren, Pflanzen, Blumen, Fruchten ..." / by F.J. Bertuch. Weimar, Germany : im Verlage des Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs, 1798 -1830. This was a children's encyclopedia essentially on natural history with 1186 handcoloured engraved plates, originally published in 237 parts bound in 12 volumes with text in German and French. This page is dated after 1812 on the assumption that it postdates the appearance of the same image in Langsdorff's "Bemerkungen auf einer Reise um die Welt in den Jahren 1803 bis 1807". Frankfurt, Friedrich Wilmans, 1812-1814. The site of the Online Archive of California at http://www.lunacommons.org/ describes this image as "probably done in St. Petersburg by Orloffsky after on-the-spot drawings by Langsdorff". Other Titles - Armes et utensiles des habitants de Nukahiva; melanges CLXXII, vol. VII, no. 99 Other Titles - Weapons and tools of the inhabitants of Nuku Hiva Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Handcoloured engraving, plate 233 x 182 mm, on sheet 246 x 199 mm.

Date: 1804

From: Langsdorff, Georg Heinrich von, 1774-1852 :Bemerkungen auf einer Reise um die Welt in den Jahren 1803 bis 1807. Frankfurt, Friedrich Wilmans, 1812-1814

Reference: PUBL-0184-06

Description: Jean-Baptiste Cabri standing in a rocky landscape near the sea. He is shown full length, wearing a loin cloth, decorated with Marquesan tattoos and holding a long slingshot across his back and shoulders Held in the New Zealand and Pacific book collection at 910.4/p/LAN/1812 Jean-Baptiste Cabri was a French deserter, living on the Marquesas Islands and married to a local woman. Russian explorer von Langsdorff discovered him in 1804, and took him back to Moscow, where he launched a theatrical career and later toured Europe, regaling audiences with his adventures and displaying his tattooed body. Other Titles - Portrait of the Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Cabri, found on the island of Nukahiva and gone wild, represented as a slinger [translation] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 221 x 170 mm

Date: 1804

From: Langsdorff, Georg Heinrich von, 1774-1852 :Bemerkungen auf einer Reise um die Welt in den Jahren 1803 bis 1807. Frankfurt, Friedrich Wilmans, 1812-1814

By: Langsdorff, Georg Heinrich von (Baron), 1774-1852; Bock, Johann Christoph, 1752-

Reference: PUBL-0184-09

Description: Depictions of the patterns of Marquesan tattoos. In the lower centre of the view a fully-tattooed hand is shown Held in the New Zealand and Pacific book collection at 910.4/p/LAN/1812 Other Titles - Representation of the various main shapes used in tattooing and several of the same shown natural size. Drawn from nature by G. von Langsdorff. J. C. Bock, engraver [translation] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 195 x 161 mm

Date: 1804 - 1812

Reference: A-117-003

Description: Scene inside a dwelling, with a seated naked woman and two small children. A naked man covered with tattoos is holding the woman by the wrist, beginning to tattoo her, and a second man, also tattooed, entering the door of the hut, is holding a pig's head as a present for the tattooist. There are several ornaments or tools against the back wall of the house. The text accompanying the original German version of this illustration has a slightly variant title: Das Innere einer Hutte von Nukahiva. The description, translated, reads: "in which a master of tattooing sits and practises his art. A tabooed person is entering the hut, bringing a pig's head as a present for the artist. Plate 11, text p.111." This print is a later and variant version of the engraving in Langsdorff. The image is reversed and has lost some detail and has acquired a title as part of the image, instead of the title on the opposite page seen in the original Langsdorff version. It is also slightly smaller. The Library's copy of Langsdorff at 910.4/P/LAN/1812 comprises a volume of plates and a single volume of text. Baron von Langsdorff accompanied Krusenstern on his voyage around the world, visiting Nukuhiva in 1804. This illustration was published in Langsdorff's acount of the voyage, but not in Krusenstern's. Other Titles - The inside of a hut on Nukuhiva, Marquesas Islands 1804 Extended Title - From: Langsdorff, G. H von. Bemerkungen auf einer Reise um die Welt in den Jahren 1803 bis 1807. Frankfurt, Friedrich Wilmans, 1812. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on laid paper 106 x 159 mm on sheet 155 x 191 mm

Date: 1804

From: Langsdorff, Georg Heinrich von, 1774-1852 :Bemerkungen auf einer Reise um die Welt in den Jahren 1803 bis 1807. Frankfurt, Friedrich Wilmans, 1812-1814

Reference: PUBL-0184-07

Description: A Marquesan man, shown full length, standing, a spear in his right hand, a fan in his left. He is wearing a loincloth and is tattooed from head to foot He has a short beard, wears ear ornaments and wears his hair in two cones at the top of his head, with a shaved or bald patch in the centre. Held in the New Zealand and Pacific book collection at 910.4/p/LAN/1812 Other Titles - An inhabintant of the Island of Nukahiva [translation] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 213 x 172 mm

Date: 1804

From: Langsdorff, Georg Heinrich von, 1774-1852 :Bemerkungen auf einer Reise um die Welt in den Jahren 1803 bis 1807. Frankfurt, Friedrich Wilmans, 1812-1814

Reference: PUBL-0184-08

Description: A young Marquesan man from Nukahiva, seen from behind. He is standing near a shore, a human skull in his left hand, a spear in his right. Most of his torso and arms are covered in tattoos, but his legs are only partially tattooed Held in the New Zealand and Pacific book collection at 910.4/p/LAN/1812 Other Titles - Portrait of a young Nukahivan, not yet fully tattooed, seen from behind [translation] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 199 x 158 mm