Bernati, A, active 1820

Date: 1843

By: Lago, active 1830s-1840s; Casa, G, active 1830s-1840s; Bernati, A, active 1820; Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; LeJeune, Jules Louis, active 1804-1851

Reference: B-193-001

Description: Shows Maori in canoes in the background, two chiefs greeting in the foreground with a hongi, part of a haka occurring to the left, large groups of Maori watching and several whare in the background. There is also part of a banana palm to the left. The sections of the picture are drawn from a wide range of sources, including engravings and lithographs after LeJeune and Sainson. Some details, including some clothing (e.g. the figure to the right of the chiefs and the group on the far right) are not at all Maori-looking) From Menin, Ludovico. 'Il costume di tutte le nazioni et di tutti i tempi. (Padua, 1843) Other Titles - Oceania - Polynesia. Plate 34 Extended Title - From Menin, Ludovico. Il costume di tutte le nazioni et di tutti i tempi. (Padua, 1843). Volume 3 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 290 x 430 (plate mark) on sheet 315 x 445 mm Provenance: Purchase: Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, February 2014

Date: 1843

By: Casa, G, active 1830s-1840s; Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Bernati, A, active 1820; Lago, active 1830s-1840s

Reference: B-193-011

Description: Shows a number of Oceanic peoples, including two profiles of Maori men with moko, after Louis de Sainson (1827). Also shows three Oceanic buildings, and signs of the Zodiac Other Titles - Oceania. Plate 30 Extended Title - From Menin, Ludovico. Il costume di tutti le nazioni et di tutti i tempi. (Padua, 1843). Volume 3. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving 290 x 435 (plate mark) Provenance: Purchase: Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, April 2014

Date: 1843

By: Casa, G, active 1830s-1840s; Bernati, A, active 1820; Lago, active 1830s-1840s

Reference: B-193-013

Description: Shows a battle scene between two groups of Polynesians, which is taking place at the edge of a harbour. They are quite differently attired, and one group has women in its number, carrying bows. A three-masted European ship can be seen out in the harbour Other Titles - Oceania - Polynesia. Plate 33 Extended Title - From Menin, Ludovico. Il costume di tutti le nazioni et di tutti i tempi. (Padua, 1843) Volume 3 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving 290 x 435 (plate mark)

Date: 1843

By: Casa, G, active 1830s-1840s; Webber, John, 1751-1793; Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Bernati, A, active 1820; Lago, active 1830s-1840s

Reference: B-193-012

Description: Shows a large group of Tahitians at a ceremony, appearing to receive a royal couple. A woman holds out her hands towards the couple and she wears a large hoop-skirt. Other women dancers perform behind her and many others stand as spectators, watching, talking together and smoking; one woman at the front left wears a large cross on a chain. To the further away, another group sits watching a physical fight between two men. There are various huts in the scene, and numerous trees including banana palms. Figures are shown after John Webber (1784) Other Titles - Oceania - Polynesia. Plate 32 Extended Title - From Menin, Ludovico. Il costume di tutti le nazioni et di tutti i tempi. (Padua, 1843). Volume 3. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving 290 x 435 (plate mark)

Date: 1843

By: Lago, active 1830s-1840s; Casa, G, active 1830s-1840s; Bernati, A, active 1820; Webber, John, 1751-1793

Reference: C-036-027

Description: Shows Polynesians gathered around the death-bed of a chief. The different parts of the image are derived from various sources, including the deathbed, bier and surrounding structure from John Webber's 'The body of Tee, a chief, as preserved after death, in Otaheite' [Tahiti] (Engraving, 1784); the platform in the background with dogs' and pigs' bodies and the skulls below, from Webber's 'A human sacrifice in a morai in Otaheite' (engraving, 1784); the fully tattooed figure with club and gourd at the end of the bed from Krustenstern's voyages, showing a Marquesan man with title 'Noukahiva' published in 1826. Pl. 35 Probably from "Il costume di tutti le nazione" (Padua, 1833-43). This source was given for a similar engraving by the same combination of artist and engraver in a Sotheby's catalogue, 28 & 29 June 1993, lot 1173. For the fully-tattooed Marquesan figure, compare A-119-030 Other Titles - Oceania - Polynesia. Plate 35 Extended Title - From Menin, Ludovico. Il costume di tutte le nazioni et de tutti i tempi. (Padua, 1843). Volume 3. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured engraving 295 x 435 mm on sheet 295 x 435 mm

Date: 1843

By: Lago, active 1830s-1840s; Casa, G, active 1830s-1840s; Bernati, A, active 1820; Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; LeJeune, Jules Louis, active 1804-1851

Reference: C-036-025

Description: Shows Maori in canoes in the background, 2 chiefs greeting in the foreground, part of a haka occurring to the left, large groups of Maori watching and several whare in the background. There is also part of a banana palm to the left. The sections of the picture are drawn from a wide range of sources, including engravings and lithographs after LeJeune and Sainson. Some details, including some clothing (e. g. the figure to the right of the chiefs and the group on the far right) are not at all Maori-looking. From "Il costume di tutti le nazioni " (Padua 1833-43) (Source given in Sotheby's catalogue 28 & 29 June 1993 lot 1173 for an engraving by the same combination of artist and engraver). Further information in January 2015 from Dr Roger Collins confirms that this print is from Il costume di tutte le nazioni et di tutti i tempo by Ludovico Menin. (Padua, Presso una societa editrice coi tipi della Minerva), Volume 3, 1843 See also B-193-001 for a black and white copy of this image Other Titles - Oceania - Polynesia. Plate 34 Extended Title - From Menin, Ludovico. Il costume di tutte le nazione et di tutti i tempi. (Padua, Presso una societa editrice coi tipi della Minerva, 1843). Volume 3 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured engraving 290 x 430 mm on sheet 410 x 590 mm