Funeral rites and ceremonies - New Guinea

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-082-072

Description: A man from New Guinea seated to the left of a tomb structure, with decorated sides and a thatched roof. A large pandanus tree in fruit is above the tomb Based on a watercolour by Antoine Chazal (see C-082-071), in its turn based on a drawing by Jules LeJeune, artist with Duperrey during his 1824-1826 visit to the Pacific. (Bibliotheque du Service Historique de la Marine, Vincennes, Paris) Other Titles - Tomb near Doreri, New Guinea [translation] Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Aquatint, 240 x 33o mm on sheet 340 x 590 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-082-071

Description: A man from New Guinea seated to the left of a tomb structure, with decorated sides and a thatched roof. A large pandanus tree in fruit is above the tomb Probably based on a drawing by Jules LeJeune, artist with Duperrey during his 1824-1826 visit to the Pacific. (Bibliotheque du Service Historique de la Marine, Vincennes, Paris) Other Titles - Tomb near Doreri, New Guinea Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 125 x 195 mm