Dance - Caroline Islands

Date: 1815 - 1835 - 1838 - 1818 - 1836 - 1843

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; Choris, Louis Andrevitch, 1795-1828

Reference: A-318-018

Description: Shows two roofed shelters without walls, and on the other side of them, a raised roofed structure, perhaps a storehouse. In the right foreground is a group of women and one man kneeling. One of the women has a tall drum between her legs, and some of the women are gesturing as if in dance. In the left background, is a view of the sea and a sailboat. Plate 109 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. French edition (1835-36), has same plate and has the additional information that Danvin was the copyist. Chollet engraved the French version, but the engraver for the Italian version is not given (it may also have been Chollet). Plate XIX in L Choris' "Voyage pittoresque autour du monde 1815-18" (1822), where it is attributed to Choris. Other Titles - Archipel des Carolines - Vue de l'ile Radak Other Titles - View in Radak [?] Island in the Caroline Archipelago Other Titles - Vue dans les iles Radak 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 - 109 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) extracted from book.. Physical Description: Engraving, black and white, on paper, 141 x 216 mm. Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloane Ltd Winter Antique auction, 1997, lots 462, 463, 466, 468, and 470.

Date: 1838 - 1835 - 1826 - 1843 - 1836 - 1829

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-318-017

Description: Shows two outrigger canoes with triangular sails. On a cross board on each, women dance, trailing feathers or fronds from their hands. Plate 105 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. French edition (1835-36), has same plate and has the additional information that Danvin was the copyist. Colin engraved the French version, but the engraver for the Italian version is not given (it may also have been Colin). Plate 24 in F P Litke's "Voyage autour du monde 1826-29" (1835-36), where it is attributed to Postels. The engraving in Litke is superior, and the background detail fuller. Other Titles - Iles Carolines - Vue de l'ile Pouynipet et danse de femmes a bord des pirogues Other Titles - View of the island of Ponape [?] and dance of women on board the canoes Other Titles - Habitants de l'Ile Pouynipet, avec leurs canots 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 - 105 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) extracted from book.. Physical Description: Engraving, black and white, on paper, 141 x 216 mm.