Tattooing - Caroline Islands

Date: 1823 - 1826

From: Chazal, Antoine, 1793-1854 :[Watercolours, proof engravings and aquatints by Antoine Chazal and others after drawings by Jules LeJeune and others for Duperrey's Voyage autour du monde ... Paris, 1822-1825]

By: Tardieu, Ambroise, 1788-1841

Reference: C-082-112

Description: Three seated Caroline Islands men, two in profile, one facing the viewer. The man on the left holds a pick. All three have tattooed limbs. One is naked, one wears a waist belt, one a loin cloth. Based on an ink drawing by Jules LeJeune, artist with Duperrey during his 1822-1824 visit to the Pacific. This proof engraving lacks the title but includes other lettering and is derived from Chazal's redrawn watercolour and published as Plate 51 for L. I. Duperrey's Voyage ... sur la Coquille ... 1822-1825. Histoire du voyage. (Paris, 1826) Other Titles - Inhabitants of Oualan Island. Caroline Islands Archipelago [translation] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Proof engraving, 240 x 320 mm on sheet 340 x 500 mm

Date: 1823 - 1826

From: Chazal, Antoine, 1793-1854 :[Watercolours, proof engravings and aquatints by Antoine Chazal and others after drawings by Jules LeJeune and others for Duperrey's Voyage autour du monde ... Paris, 1822-1825]

By: Tardieu, Ambroise, 1788-1841

Reference: C-082-125

Description: A row of four Caroline Islands men, all dressed in their characteristic costume. The Pingelap man on the left has tattoos, his hair in a topknot, a loin cloth and necklaces and holds a paddle. The next man on the left has different tattoos and his hair loose. To the right of centre is a third man wearing a waist band, his tattoos on his upper body. On the far right is a man in a coolie-style hat and a tunic. Based on an ink drawing by Jules LeJeune, artist with Duperrey during his 1822-1824 visit to the Pacific. This proof engraving, lacking the title but including the other lettering, is, in its turn, based on a watercolour version prepared by Chazal. It was published as Plate 57 for L. I. Duperrey's Voyage ... sur la Coquille ... 1822-1825. Histoire du voyage. (Paris, 1826) Other Titles - Natives of Iros, Pingelap and Aonera. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Proof engraving, 250 x 320 mm on sheet 350 x 520 mm

Date: 1823 - 1826

From: Chazal, Antoine, 1793-1854 :[Watercolours, proof engravings and aquatints by Antoine Chazal and others after drawings by Jules LeJeune and others for Duperrey's Voyage autour du monde ... Paris, 1822-1825]

Reference: C-082-114

Description: Two Caroline Island women on a beach. Both have tattoos on their limbs and are wearing a band of woven fabric around their hips. Both also have flowers in their ears. The left hand-woman, who is standing, holds a calabash formed from a large leaf. Based on an ink drawing by Jules LeJeune, artist with Duperrey during his 1822-1824 visit to the Pacific. This proof engraving, lacking the title but including the other lettering, was in its turn based on a watercolour version prepared by Chazal. It was published as Plate 52 for L. I. Duperrey's Voyage ... sur la Coquille ... 1822-1825. Histoire du voyage. (Paris, 1826) Other Titles - Women of Oualan Island (Caroline Islands Archipelago). [translation] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Proof engraving, 230 x 320 mm on sheet 340 x 500 mm

Date: 1826

From: Chazal, Antoine, 1793-1854 :[Watercolours, proof engravings and aquatints by Antoine Chazal and others after drawings by Jules LeJeune and others for Duperrey's Voyage autour du monde ... Paris, 1822-1825]

Reference: C-082-110

Description: Two Caroline Islands men, one viewed from the back, his head turned towards the viewer, the other in frontal profile. Both have light beards and moustaches and long hair tied back and decorated with nails. Both wear ear adornments and necklaces and have tattooing on their upper arms Based on an ink drawing by Jules LeJeune, artist with Duperrey during his 1824-1826 visit to the Pacific. The proof engraving version, lacking the title and published as Plate 50 in L. I. Duperrey's Voyage ... sur la Coquille ... 1822-1825. Histoire du voyage. (Paris, 1826) Other Titles - Inhabitants of Oualan Island. Caroline Islands Archipelago [translation] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Proof engraving, 230 x 320 mm on sheet 340 x 510 mm

Date: 1823 - 1826

From: Chazal, Antoine, 1793-1854 :[Watercolours, proof engravings and aquatints by Antoine Chazal and others after drawings by Jules LeJeune and others for Duperrey's Voyage autour du monde ... Paris, 1822-1825]

Reference: C-082-111

Description: Three seated Caroline Islands men, two in profile, one facing the viewer. The man on the left holds a pick. All three have tattooed limbs. One is naked, one wears a waist belt, one a loin cloth. Based on an ink drawing by Jules LeJeune, artist with Duperrey during his 1824-1826 visit to the Pacific. This watercolour version was prepared by Chazal and engraved as Plate 51 for L. I. Duperrey's Voyage ... sur la Coquille ... 1822-1825. Histoire du voyage. (Paris, 1826) Other Titles - Inhabitants of Oualan Island. Caroline Islands Archipelago [translation] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 250 x 380 mm

Date: 1838 - 1835 - 1843 - 1836

From: Various artists :[66 engravings of Oceanian subjects, including Tahiti, Marquesas, Tonga, Pitcairn, Vanuatu, and Polynesia in general. 1838-1843].

By: Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842; Postels, Aleksandr, 1801-1871

Reference: A-318-014

Description: Shows a thatched hut, visible behind a group of four men, three of them sitting. Notable on two of those sitting, and on the standing man are the dotted tattoo patterns on legs and arms. The standing man holds gourds or coconuts. In the right foreground, chickens peck the ground for food. In the right background are two additional figures and a hut, and in the left background, a man in a European jacket walks by. There are palm trees behind the huts. Plate 98 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. French edition (1835-36), has same plate and has the additional information that Danvin was the copyist.Monin engraved the French version, but the engraver for the Italian version is not given (it may also have been Monin). PLate 28 in F P Litke's "Voyage autour du monde 1826-29" (1835-36), where it is attributed to Postels. Other Titles - Iles Carolines (Polynesie) - Habitations Other Titles - Dwellings in the Caroline Islands Other Titles - Habitations. Iles Carolines basses 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 - 98 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) extracted from book.. Physical Description: Engraving, black and white, on paper, 141 x 216 mm.

Date: 1823 - 1826

From: Chazal, Antoine, 1793-1854 :[Watercolours, proof engravings and aquatints by Antoine Chazal and others after drawings by Jules LeJeune and others for Duperrey's Voyage autour du monde ... Paris, 1822-1825]

Reference: C-082-124

Description: A row of four Caroline Islands men, all dressed in their characteristic costume. The Pingelap man on the left has tattoos, his hair in a topknot, a loin cloth and necklaces and holds a paddle. The next man on the left has different tattoos and his hair loose. To the right of centre is a third man wearing a waist band, his tattoos on his upper body. On the far right is a man in a coolie-style hat (circular and rising to a central point) and a tunic. Based on an ink drawing by Jules LeJeune, artist with Duperrey during his 1822-1824 visit to the Pacific. This watercolour version was prepared by Chazal and engraved as Plate 57 for L. I. Duperrey's Voyage ... sur la Coquille ... 1822-1825. Histoire du voyage. (Paris, 1826) 'Penelape' is modern Pingelap. 'Aouera' may be the modern Anoun. Iros is a common local name for island and could either be part of the Caroline or Marshall Islands Other Titles - Archipelago of the Caroline Islands. Native of Pingelap. Native of Aonera. Inhabitants of Iros Island. [translation] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 250 x 380 mm

Date: 1899

Reference: A-051-030

Description: Shows tattoos of various countries including New Zealand, the Caroline Islands, Borneo and Japan. Text below lists, (with English translations 1. Negerin [Negro woman]; 2. Hauptling Hiriti Paevata (Neuseeland) [Chief Hiriti Paerata, New Zealand]; 3. Konig Tauhiao (Neuseeland) [King Tawhiao, New Zealand]; 4. Karolinen Insulaner [Caroline Islander]; 5. & 6. Hand und Fuss eines Dajak von Borneo [Tattooed hand and foot of a Dayak from Borneo]; Japaner [Japanese man] Other Titles - Ornamental tattooing Extended Title - Published in: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon. 5 Aufl. Leipzig, 1897-1901. Bd. 18. In an article titled 'Tattowieren' [Tattooing Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 200 x 131 mm

Date: 1823 - 1826

From: Chazal, Antoine, 1793-1854 :[Watercolours, proof engravings and aquatints by Antoine Chazal and others after drawings by Jules LeJeune and others for Duperrey's Voyage autour du monde ... Paris, 1822-1825]

Reference: C-082-113

Description: Two Caroline Island women on a beach. Both have tattoos on their limbs and are wearing a band of woven fabric around their hips. Both also have flowers in their ears. The left hand-woman, who is standing, holds a calabash formed from a large leaf. Based on an ink drawing by Jules LeJeune, artist with Duperrey during his 1822-1824 visit to the Pacific. This watercolour version was prepared by Chazal and engraved as Plate 52 for L. I. Duperrey's Voyage ... sur la Coquille ... 1822-1825. Histoire du voyage. (Paris, 1826) Other Titles - Women of Oualan Island. [translation] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 250 x 370 mm

Date: 1838 - 1835 - 1843 - 1836

From: Various artists :[66 engravings of Oceanian subjects, including Tahiti, Marquesas, Tonga, Pitcairn, Vanuatu, and Polynesia in general. 1838-1843].

By: Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842; Postels, Aleksandr, 1801-1871

Reference: A-318-015

Description: Shows a man (front view at left), and a woman (back view at right), both dressed in loin cloths, to display tattoing on the trunk and limbs. Both wear earrings, and have their hair bound on top of their heads. Plate 102 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. French edition (1835-36), has same plate and has the additional information that Danvin was the copyist. Milot engraved the French version, but the engraver for the Italian version is not given (it may also have been Milot). Plate 28 in Litke's "Voyage autour du monde 1826-29" (1835-36), where it is attributed to Postels, one of the artists on the voyage. Other Titles - Iles Carolines (Basses) -Indigenes des deux sexes Other Titles - Natives of both sexes in the Caroline Islands Other Titles - Habitans des Iles Carolines basses 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 - 102 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) extracted from book.. Physical Description: Engraving, black and white, on paper, 216 x 141 mm.

Date: 1826

From: Chazal, Antoine, 1793-1854 :[Watercolours, proof engravings and aquatints by Antoine Chazal and others after drawings by Jules LeJeune and others for Duperrey's Voyage autour du monde ... Paris, 1822-1825]

Reference: C-082-109

Description: Two Caroline Islands men, one viewed from the back, his head turned towards the viewer, the other in frontal profile. Both have light beards and moustaches and long hair tied back and decorated with nails. Both wear ear adornments and necklaces and have tattooing on their upper arms Based on an ink drawing by Jules LeJeune, artist with Duperrey during his 1824-1826 visit to the Pacific. The watercolour version as a guide to hand-colourists for Plate 50 published in L. I. Duperrey's Voyage ... sur la Coquille ... 1822-1825. Histoire du voyage. Other Titles - Inhabitants of Oualan Island. Caroline Islands Archipelago [translation] Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - A. Chazal Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 240 x 380 mm

Date: 1817 - 1822

By: Arago, Jacques Etienne Victor, 1790-1854; Langlume, active 1820s-1830s

Reference: A-384-066

Description: Shows a young woman standing beside a slender tree trunk, holding a broad leaf over her head. In her other hand she holds a bunch of bananas or plantains. She wear only a loin-cloth with a decorated border, and is tatooed on her arms and lower legs. She wears a conus shell through her earlobe. Other Titles - Queen of the Caroline Islands, seen at Tinian Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, on sheet 370 x 274 mm.