Beyer, active 1830s

Date: 1827 - 1835

From: Various artists :[Four handcoloured engravings, some from Dumont d'Urvilles' Voyage pittoreque autour du monde (Paris, 1834)]

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Beyer, active 1830s

Reference: A-340-036

Description: Shows an abandoned pa, with whare and food platforms still standing. The background shows hills surrounded a harbour. Other Titles - Ruined pa at Paroa Extended Title - Published in: Dumont d'Urville, J S C Voyage pittoresque. Paris, 1835. vol. 2, page 363. Originally painted by Sainson when the Astrolabe moored at Paroa Bay, Bay of Islands, on 12 March 1827. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured, 135 x 180 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Judy Siers, Wellington, in 2005.

Date: 1826 - 1836 - 1829

From: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, b 1800 :[Twelve engravings from Dumont d'Urville's "Voyage pittoresque autour du monde" (Paris, 1836)]

By: Beyer, active 1830s

Reference: A-433-024

Description: Top image shows a Maori village with drying platforms, huts and palisades. The lower image shows a pa on the top of an arched rock in the sea off the coast. There is a rowboat and further away a waka, in the foreground. The Astrolabe, with artist Sainson on board, was at Paroa Bay, Bay of Islands on 12 March 1827 Other Titles - Ruined pa at Paroa; Pa or fortified village on a rock Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on page 274 x 182 mm.

Date: 1826 - 1836 - 1829

From: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, b 1800 :[Twelve engravings from Dumont d'Urville's "Voyage pittoresque autour du monde" (Paris, 1836)]

By: Beyer, active 1830s

Reference: A-433-016

Description: Top image shows mourners around the cloaked and wreathed body of a deceased Maori man who is propped up with his back again a carved pole. Two women kneel before him, cutting their bare breasts. Other mourners are seated on the ground in the background. There are three skulls and other bones in the left foreground. The lower image shows two Maori men carrying on their shoulders a litter holding the body of a dead chief who is seated upright, securely bound. Other Titles - Mourning scene in New Zealand; Funeral for a chief Other Titles - Volume 2, plate 51 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on page 275 x 182 mm.

Date: 1826 - 1836 - 1829

From: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, b 1800 :[Twelve engravings from Dumont d'Urville's "Voyage pittoresque autour du monde" (Paris, 1836)]

By: Beyer, active 1830s

Reference: A-433-013

Description: Top image shows a Maori man about to strike a seated figure on the back of the head with a patu. The seated figure is tending a camp fire. A group of other Maori watch from the left background. The lower image shows two Maori women in front of a whare, sprinkling the head of a naked infant with water on springs of leaves. There is a bowl of water at the left where other women are dipping sprigs of leaves. The infant lies in a makeshift cradle made from a cloth laid over logs. Other Titles - Human sacrifice in New Zealand; New Zealand baptism ceremony Other Titles - De Sainson Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on page 282 x 183 mm.