Women, Caroline Islander

Date: 1843 - 1820 - 1839

By: Collignon, Charles, active 1831-1847; Lechard, active 1840s

Reference: A-327-020

Description: Shows a European man in striped trousers, wide-brimmed hat, blue jacket, red cummerbund and cravat, talking with a man and a woman, the woman carrying an infant on her back. In the right background several of the islanders' boats, with outriggers and triangular sails, can be seen. Gabriel Lafond de Lurcy travelled for many years in the 1820-1850s, but the travels illustrated here must have been undertaken in the 1820-1830s. Other Titles - Mariana Islands - the author and Caroline Islanders on Guam Extended Title - From Gabriel Lafond de Lurcy "Voyages autour du monde et naufrages celebres", volume VIII, opp page 403. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on steel engraving, 145 x 180 mm, on sheet 160 x 225 mm.

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: 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.