Lesueur, Madame, active 1830s

Date: 1824 - 1834 - 1836 - 1863

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842; Lesueur, Madame, active 1830s; LeJeune, Jules Louis, active 1804-1851; Biggs, John, active 1989

Reference: A-211-076

Description: Shows 'Touai' (Tuai) at left in European dress with bayonet, and 'Chongui' (Hongi Hika) in Maori dress with a long staff or club at right. Danvin has copied this image from de Sainson's original work entitled "Shonguy.Touai" in Dumont d'Urville's "Voyage pittoresque autour du monde..." Paris, 1834. vol.2, opp. p.371 (qRare 910.8 DUM Voya). Sainson has in turn copied his image from Jules Louis Lejeune's "Naturels de la Nouvelle Zelande" - originals done 1824, and copied for publication 1826 - see ATL copies at C-082-096/097. From a French edition of Domeny di Rienzi's "Oceanie" not held by the Library; ATL's copies have title of work in either 2 or 3 languages beneath the image, whereas this work has title in French only. The book was reissued several times between its original publication in 1836-37 and 1872. ATL has 1863 edition at 919 DOM. Duperrey's ship, the "Coquille" visited New Zealand in April 1824. Tuai slept on board several times. Hongi was offered the chance to sleep on board, but refused. (See: "New Zealand seen by the French" (1991) page 18.) Other Titles - The chiefs Hongi Hika and Tuai, one in national costume, the other in European clothing [translation]. Extended Title - From: Domeny de Rienzi, G. L. "Oceanie" (1836-63). Vol. 3. Inscriptions: Recto - top right - 181; Recto - above image - NOUVELLE-ZEELAND.; Recto - bottom left - Danvin del.; Recto - bottom right - Mme. Lesueur Sc.; Recto - beneath image - Les chefs Chongui et Touai, l'un en costume National, l'autre en costume Europeen.; Recto - bottom left - Oceanie Lemaitre dir. Lejeune was the artist on board Duperrey's ship, the "Coquille" Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured, 140 x 90 mm, on sheet 207 x 123 mm.

Date: 1838 - 1835 - 1810 - 1843 - 1836 - 1820

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

Reference: A-318-043

Description: Shows a half-length portrait of Pomare II, king of Tahiti, in white shirt and loose overtunic. He has his hair tied back, and wears a moustache. The engraving is further removed from that published in England in 1829 (engraver Woolnorth, in William Ellis' "Polynesian researches" vol. 1, frontispiece. H Fisher, Son & Co, publishers, 1829), than the version in the French edition of Domeny de Rienzi, and therefore is by a different engraver. Plate 158 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. In the French edition, Danvin is inscribed as the copyist, and Mme Lesueur as the engraver. Other known portraits by Lejeune and John Lewin, do not match this image sufficiently to have been sources. (See file prints in Drawings & Prints). Other Titles - Pomare II, King of Tahiti, Eimeo, &c. 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 - 158 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) extracted from book.. Physical Description: Engraving, black and white, on paper, 216 x 141 mm. Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloane Ltd Winter Antique auction, 1997, lots 462, 463, 466, 468, and 470.

Date: 1836 - 1772 - 1777

By: Domeny de Rienzi, Gregoire Louis, 1789-1843; Lesueur, Madame, active 1830s; Record, John, active 1770s

Reference: A-015-013

Description: A group of Maori implements, including chisels with a handle, a saw and canoe paddles Published in: Domeny de Rienzi, G L Oceanie Pl. 182. Derived from engravings by John Record after drawings of Maori objects taken to England during Cook's 2nd voyage, published in Cook, J. Voyage towards the South Pole ... (London, 1777), Vol I, plate 19, opp p 245. Trimmed inside plate marks Other Titles - Weapons, paddles, et cetera [translation] Extended Title - From: Domeny de Rienzi, G. L. Oceanie. Plate 182 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, b&w 207 x 116 mm