Montaut, Gabriel Xavier, 1798-1852

Date: 1777 - 1835 - 1838 - 1836 - 1843

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

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842; Montaut, Gabriel Xavier, 1798-1852

Reference: A-318-002

Description: Shows an outdoor meeting with male figures seated in a circle around two protagonists; one of these two (the 'King') sits crosslegged with a low half-unrolled woven screen behind him, and the other prostrates himself at the knees of the king. In the background are dwellings, palm trees and mountains. This engraving copies an engraving from an original drawing by Webber, showing similar figures but in an interior setting, with beam and rafter construction above all the participants. Plate 18 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. French edition (1835-36), has same plate and has the additional information that Danvin was the copyist for this plate, and Montaut was the engraver. Other Titles - Assemblie ou l'on boit le Cava Other Titles - Poulaho, King of the Friendly Islands, drinking Kava Other Titles - Gesellscaft wo man Cava trinkt Other Titles - Ceremony where kava is drunk 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 - 18 Webber accompanied the third voyage of Captain Cook, 1776-80. 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: 1835 - 1838 - 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; Montaut, Gabriel Xavier, 1798-1852

Reference: A-318-030

Description: Shows two small children dancing in the midst of a crowd of onlookers, one of whom is a European seated on a chair on the left, with a feathered hat and a cane. Behind him stands a male attendant with a feather fan, and beside him on the ground are seated two young women. A man plays a drum in the right forground. Plate 130 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. In the French edition, Danvin is inscribed as the copyist and Montaut as the engraver. Other Titles - Iles Haouai - Danse des enfants Other Titles - Sandwich Islands Hawaii - Dance of the children / Children's dance 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 - 130 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) extracted from book.. Physical Description: Engraving, black and white, on paper, 141 x 216 mm.

Date: 1823 - 1835 - 1838 - 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; Montaut, Gabriel Xavier, 1798-1852

Reference: A-318-031

Description: Shows a group of five women, two with their arms raised to the heavens, two with their heads in their hands, mourning for Queen Keopuolani, the consort of Kamehameha I. In the background many other women kneel in mourning. Plate 131 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. In the French edition, Danvin is inscribed as the copyist and Montaut as the engraver. Other Titles - Iles Haouai - Lamentations a la mort du Keapoua-Laoui / Keo-Pouo-Lani Other Titles - Sandwich Islands Hawaii - Mourning at the death of Keopuolani 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 - 131 Queen Keopuolani died in 1823. 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: 1838 - 1835 - 1777 - 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; Webber, John, 1751-1793; Montaut, Gabriel Xavier, 1798-1852

Reference: A-318-054

Description: Based loosely on a 1777 work by Webber "The reception of Captain Cook at Hapaee", showing two pairs of fighters in a large circle of onlookers. One pair is boxing and the other pair fights with clubs. Two sheaves of bound branches stand at either side in the background, in front of thatched dwellings. Plate 201 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. In the French edition, where it is entitled "Fetes et jeux", Danvin is inscribed as the copyist, and Montaut as the engraver. Other Titles - Archipel de Tonga - Fetes et jeux Other Titles - Tonga - The reception of Captain Cook at Hapaee / Hapai Other Titles - Tonga - Celebrations and games 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 - 201 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: 1827 - 1834 - 1836

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842; Montaut, Gabriel Xavier, 1798-1852; Biggs, John, active 1989

Reference: A-211-078

Description: Shows five figures (at least three women) seated with fruit in 2 bowls, outside a hut with barrel roof. There is a palm tree in the left background. De Sainson sometimes prepared his images for Dumont d'Urville's "Voyage pittoresque..." based on impressions of New Zealand, rather than drawings done in New Zealand. Danvin has further added coconut palm. Danvin has copied this image from de Sainson's original work entitled "Personnages tabouees" in Dumont d'Urville's "Voyage pittoresque autour du monde..." Paris, 1834. vol.2, opp. p.374 (qRare 910.8 DUM Voya). 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. Other Titles - Natives [translation] Extended Title - From: Domeny de Rienzi, G. L. "Oceanie". Paris, 1836-63, vol.3. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - NOUVELLE-ZEELAND.; Recto - top right - 185; Recto - bottom left - Danvin del; Recto - bottom right - Montant sc.; Recto - beneath image - Indigenes.; Recto - bottom left - Oceanie Lemaitre dir. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured, 89 x 141 mm, on sheet 124 x 207 mm.