Freycinet, Louis Claude Desaulces de, 1779-1842

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; Pellion, Alphonse, 1796-1868

Reference: A-318-022

Description: Shows three huts, grouped around a courtyard, wherein, at right, two women are engaged in rolling out fabric lengths or mats on the ground. They are in the process of making the fabric as explained in the text Domeny de Rienzi's book (volume 2, page 43 in French edition). Plate 115 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. French edition (1835-36), has same plate and has the additional information that Danvin was the copyist. Chavannes engraved the French version, but the engraver for the Italian version is not given (it may also have been Chavannes). Plate 86 in Freycinet's "Voyage autour du monde", Atlas historique (1825), where it is attributed to Pellion. Other Titles - Dwellings on the Hawaiian Islands Other Titles - Iles Hawai - Habitations Other Titles - Iles Sandwich. Maisons de Kraimokou, premier ministre du roi; Fabrication des etoffes Other Titles - Sandwich Islands - Fabric making - House of Kalanimoku 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 - 115 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: 2 Jan 1826-22 Feb 1836

By: Krusenstern, Adam Johann von, 1770-1846; Dumont d'Urville, Jules Sebastien Cesar, 1790-1842; Freycinet, Louis Claude Desaulces de, 1779-1842

Reference: MS-Papers-0747

Description: Three letters from Krusentstern to the atlas 'Atlas de l'Ocean Pacifique', in French, 2 Jan 1826, 28 Nov 1826, 3 Dec 1828, containing references to early voyages in the South Seas (including many mentions of Duperrey, his voyages and his writings), Also a letter in English about the Atlas. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (14 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)

Date: 1826 - 1835

From: Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Scrapbook. [ca 1810-1840]

Reference: E-295-q-093

Description: Watercolours of eight named marine organisms, with accompanying descriptive captions near each drawing. They include: Madrepora Corimbosa, Madreporora proliferis, Neandrina cerberiformis, Pocillopora caerulea, Fungia Rubra, Coryophyllia angulosa Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title in pencil and overwritten in ink (in part) Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil, 335 x 244 mm

Date: 1801-1828

From: Great Britain Foreign Office : Records relating to French affairs in the Pacific

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-07-3587

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1825 - 1817 - 1819

By: Pellion, Alphonse, 1796-1868; Choubard, active 1810-1830s; Leroy, S, active 1825

Reference: B-020-010

Description: A standing portrait of a young man of East Timor. He wears a long flower-patterned coat over loose trousers, a shawl over one shoulder Other Titles - Island of Timor. Jh Antonio, a young man of the kingdom of Failacor [translation] Extended Title - From Freycinet L C D de. "Voyage autour du monde. Atlas historique", 1825. Plate 31. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving (hand-coloured), 12 x 9 ins

Date: 1839 - 1840

By: Arago, Jacques Etienne Victor, 1790-1854; Maurin, Nicholas Eustache, 1799-1850; Kaeppelin & Cie (Firm); Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: A-010-051

Description: Shows a Maori chief "Tahabe" or "Bahabe" with patu and axe, retreating from the pointed pistol of Jacques Arago in a wooded area just outside Sydney. Tahabe has a full facial moko, shoulder-length hair and is wearing a loin-cloth. Arago has a pistol in both hands. The incident is described in Arago's Souvenirs d'un aveugle : voyage autour du monde. Paris, 1839, Vol 4, p.123-137. The incident took place during the voyage of the Uranie under Louis de Freycinet, in the course of a visit to Sydney in 1819 Another version of this image is shown in a later edition (1845) vol 2, p.296. Arago's clothing is different, the chief holds only one weapon and the surroundings are much more forest-like Title: The title Aoi may be intented to be a version of the chief's name in Maori. A pencil and watercolour drawing by Arago at Te Papa showing a standing Maori man, is titled Aie, Roi de la N.elle Zelande. It could also stand for Ariki (priest). The Maori man depicted is named as Bahabe in Arago's text Other Titles - Aoi Zellandais = Roi zelandais? = chief or king of New Zealand redrawn by N. Maurin from a sketch by J Arago. Lithographed by Kaeppelin & Co. Published in Arago, J. Memories of a blind man; voyage around the world. Paris, 1839 [translation]. Aie. Extended Title - Published in; Arago, J. Souvenirs d'un aveugle ; voyage autour du monde. Paris, 1839, Vol 4, facing p 132; also 1840 edition, opp p 450. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph 215 x 315 mm

Date: 1817 - 1835 - 1838 - 1820 - 1836 - 1843

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

By: Arago, Jacques Etienne Victor, 1790-1854; Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842

Reference: A-318-028

Description: Shows a scene on the deck of the Uranie, with a man in clerical garb, placing his hand on the head of a slightly stooping figure in European dress. The onlookers include King Kamehameha II (in hussar's uniform, probably at left) and his queens and courtiers, in European and traditional islanders' dress. The queens, Kamamalu and Kaahumanu (the dowager queen, consort of Kamehameha I) sit on two chairs at the right. Plate 126 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. In the French edition, Danvin is inscribed as the copyist. Plate 89 in Freycinet's "Voyage autour du monde" (1825), where it is attributed to Arago. Other Titles - Iles Haouai - Bapteme du ministre du Roi a bord de la Corvette francaise l'Uranie Other Titles - Iles Sandwich. Bapteme du Premier Ministre du Roi a bord de l'Uranie Other Titles - The baptism of the Prime Minister of the King of the Sandwich Islands on board the \"Uranie\" 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 - 126 Arago was an artist on Freycinet's voyage in 1817-1820. According to David W Forbes' \"Encounters with Paradise\" (1992), page 71, the baptism of the High Chief Kalaimoku was the first important Christian ceremony in the Hawaiian Islands, and took place off Kawaihae, Hawaii, on 14 August 1819. It was attended by the new king Kamehameha II and his numerous wives and courtiers. The king was dressed in a blue hussar's uniform. The women seated in the chairs were the queens Kamamalu and Kaahumanu. 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 - 1825 - 1835 - 1820 - 1843

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

By: Arago, Jacques Etienne Victor, 1790-1854; Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842; Tiozzo, active 1838

Reference: A-318-006

Description: Shows two Chinese women in traditional costume, sitting either side of a small table on a patio, playing a board game similar to checkers (or possibly chess - the italian title indicates a chess game). A Chinese man with queue, leans over the back of the chair on the right, watching the game. There is a tapering tower in the left distance. Plate 51 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. French edition (1835-36), has the same plate and has the additional information that Danvin was the copyist. Langlois engraved the French version, but the Italian version has been engraved by Tiozzo. The earlier version in Freycinet's "Voyage autour du monde. Atlas historique", plate 25 (1825), was engraved by Forget, and has a differently shaped playing board, and no background. Other Titles - Timor - Femmes chinoises jouant aux echecs Other Titles - Chinesische Frauen am Schaehbrett Other Titles - Coupang, Ile Timor. Chinoises jouant au tchonka Other Titles - Kupang. Chinese women playing checkers 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 - 51 Arago was one of the artists on Freycinet's voyage 1817-1820. Freycinet's "Voyage autour du monde. Atlas historique" was published in 1825. 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: 1825

By: Pellion, Alphonse, 1796-1868; Vasserot, active 1825

Reference: B-020-007

Description: Two French sailors with several Timorese. In the centre, a man is scaling a coconut palm to which a bullock is roped. Several thatched dwellings bhind and to the left. Other Titles - Timor Island. View taken in the environs of Kupang [translation] Extended Title - From Freycinet, L C D de. Voyage autour du Monde. Atlas Historique. 1825. Pl. 28. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving (hand-col), 7 ¼ x 10 1/2ins

Date: 1791-1816 (29-31 Dec 1910)

By: Fleurieu, Alphonse, Comte de, active 1910

Reference: MS-Papers-1139/1

Description: Ms copy of Recherches faites au Havre dans les papiers de Lesueur. Notes compiled in 1910, on Peron, Freycinet, D'Entrecasteaux, their voyages, and exploration of Australia. Includes brief extracts from letters Quantity: 1 folder(s) (40 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopy)

Date: 1817 - 1835 - 1838 - 1820 - 1836 - 1843

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

By: Arago, Jacques Etienne Victor, 1790-1854

Reference: A-318-064

Description: Shows three figures examining one of a group of huge statues in a burial ground. Most of the statues are arranged in two rows at either side of the picture, but one is closer and facing, at the right, and another close one at the left has fallen to the ground. In the background is a tall tower hung with fern leaves or other large leaves, and beside that tower to its the left, is a lower drying platform supporting the skeleton of a dead mammal. Plate 134 in an unknown Italian publication. Other Titles - Monumenti caratteristici Other Titles - The king's burial ground at Keaukaha [?] Inscriptions: Recto - above image - Ser. IV, n. 29. Monumenti caratteristici, Atlante Tav. CXXXIV Arago was an artist on Freycinet's voyage in 1817-1820. 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: 1825

By: Arago, Jacques Etienne Victor, 1790-1854

Reference: B-020-008

Description: A large tomb, possibly made of stone, with an arched top. A thatched hut is close by. Two Europeans are standing near the tomb. A young man in a loin cloth is seated on the left at the foot of a tree, watching the Europeans. An inscription on the tomb in Dutch reads Hier leydt Tainoof K V Taibeno 24 October 1737 Other Titles - View of the tomb of the Raja of Taybeno, Timor Island [translation] Extended Title - From: Freycinet, L C D de . Voyage autour du Monde. Atlas Historique. 1825. Pl. 29 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 7.25 x 10.5 inches

Date: 1844

From: [Various artists] :[Costume plates of Oceania] Torino [Turin] ; Fontana, 1844

By: Arago, Jacques Etienne Victor, 1790-1854; Vancauberche, active 1840s

Reference: A-119-011

Description: Shows a full-length portrait of a woman wearing a checker-patterned skirt, a white blouse and a cross on a long necklace. She is smoking a cigar or cigarette. The image is based on a drawing by Arago, a version of which is reproduced in Freycinet's "Voyage autour du monde. Atlas historique" 1825, plate 64. The clothing is similar, although the woman in Freycinet's book is not smoking. Other Titles - Woman of the island of Guam Extended Title - From: Wahlen, A. Usi e costumi sociali, politici, et religiosi... Vol. 2 Oceania. Torino, 1844-1847. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, handcoloured, on sheet 270 x 175 mm.

Date: 1817 - 1825 - 1835 - 1820 - 1843

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

By: Arago, Jacques Etienne Victor, 1790-1854; Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842

Reference: A-318-011

Description: Shows two walkers or explorers in the middle distance surveying a double row of gigantic columns receding to the background, four on the left side and three on the other. In the left foreground a figure carries game on a stick over his shoulder. Derived from the top half of plate 74 in Freycinet's "Voyage autour du monde. Atlas historique" (1825). Plate 85 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. French edition (1835-36), has the additional information that Danvin was the copyist, and Aubert the engraver, at least for the French edition. Other Titles - Ancien monument de l'ile Tinian (mariannes) Other Titles - Ruines de colonnes antiques, vues sur l'ile Tinian Other Titles - Ancient monument, ruins and columns, on the island of Tinian, Marianas 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 - 85 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 - 1835 - 1838 - 1820 - 1836 - 1843

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

By: Arago, Jacques Etienne Victor, 1790-1854

Reference: A-318-027

Description: Shows two figures standing among a group of huge statues in a burial ground. Most of the statues are arranged in two rows at either side of the picture, but one is closer and facing, at the left, and the two close ones at the right have fallen towards the ground. Behind the two figures examining the fallen idols, is a tall tower hung with fern leaves or other large leaves, and beside that tower to its the left, is a lower drying platform supporting the skeleton of a dead mammal. Plate 125 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. Plate 87 in Freycinet's "Voyage autour du monde" (1825), where it is attributed to Arago. Other Titles - Iles Haouai - Morai du roi Other Titles - Iles Sandwich. Vue du Morai du Roi a Kayakakoua, sur l'ile Owhyhi Other Titles - The king's burial ground at Keaukaha [?] 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 - 125 Arago was an artist on Freycinet's voyage in 1817-1820. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) extracted from book.. Physical Description: Engraving, black and white, on paper, 141 x 216 mm.

Date: 1825

By: Pellion, Alphonse, 1796-1868; Garnier, F, active 1825

Reference: B-020-005

Description: A compound with dwellings and a shelter, covering a forge, where iron is being worked, and building materials prepared, with various tools, planks, bamboo sticks etc in evidence. Other Titles - Kupang. Timor Island. Various mechanical activities / works [translation] Extended Title - From: Freycinet, L C D de . Voyage autour du Monde. Atlas Historique. 1825. Pl. 22 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 7.5 x 10.5 inches

Date: 1825

By: Pellion, Alphonse, 1796-1868; Garnier, F, active 1825

Reference: B-020-004

Description: Scene in a bazaar Other Titles - View of the bazaar of Coupang, on the island of Timor [translation] Extended Title - From Freycinet, L C D de. Voyage autour du Monde. Atlas Historique. 1825. Pl. 21. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving (hand-col), 7.3 x 10.5in

Date: 1817 - 1835 - 1838 - 1820 - 1836 - 1843

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

By: Pellion, Alphonse, 1796-1868; Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842

Reference: A-318-012

Description: Shows figure wearing a loin cloth and holding a staff at the left. Before him a male figure kneels in supplication, and further to the right under a tree, stands a couple, the female of which holds a baby in a circular basket or tray. Behind the tree stands another woman, naked. Plate 87 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. French edition (1835-36), has same plate and has the additional information that Danvin was the copyist (from Pellion) and Peronard the engraver for this plate. This image appears in an earlier form in Freycinet's "Voyage autour du monde" (1825), plate 62, copied by S Leroy from Pellion, and engraved there by Forget. This earlier image has more background details of huts and figures; in addition the supplicating figure may be female. However, according to the text in Domeny (volume 1, page 392 in the French edition), in cases of marital infidelity, it is allowable for the woman to change partners at will, whilst the man is punished for infidelity. Other Titles - Polynesie - Moeurs et costumes anciens des Indigenes de l'ile Gouahan. Other Titles - Ile Guam - Usages des anciens habitans Other Titles - Old traditions, customs and dress of the native inhabitants of Guam in Polynesia 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 - 87 Pellion accompanied the voyage of Freycinet, 1817-1820. 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: 1825

By: Pellion, Alphonse, 1796-1868; Choubard, active 1810-1830s

Reference: B-020-001

Description: Shows head and shoulder portraits of six people, entitled as follows: 1. D Joachim de Mattous, Raja de Vikeke; 2. D Antonio, Raja de Bibilouto; 3. Tirololo, Capitan de Vemasse; 4. Dona Joana, femme de Capitane; 5. Loukassi di Amara; 6. Louis Klaco, fils du raja de Dille. From: Freycinet, L.C.D. de. Voyage autour du Monde. Atlas Historique. 1825. Pl. 17 Other Titles - Great archipelago of Asia. Timor. Dili. [translation] Extended Title - From Freycinet's "Voyage autour du monde. Atlas historique", 1825. Plate 17. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving (hand-coloured), 230 x 317 mm

From: Swainson, William, 1789-1855 (Collector) :[Zoological plates. 1810s to 1830s]

By: Oudart, Paul Louis, 1796-; Motte, Charles Etienne Pierre, 1785-1836

Reference: E-225-q-013

Description: A brightly-coloured shrike seated on a branch. Possibly an illustration drawn for the account of Freycinet's Voyage autour du monde (Paris, 1838-1843) Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, 127 x 212 mm