Bévalet, draftsman; engraved by Coutant; Sandwich Islands subject
Sandwich Islands, Hawaii
circa 1822
Hand colored engraving
matted
This hand colored engraving presents a numbered array of Hawaiian weapons and household objects arranged against a plain ground, keyed from one to sixteen. Along the sides and top run long spears, darts, and a bow, while the center holds a crescent shaped shark tooth weapon, a knobbed wooden implement, a checkered feather fan, and a covered basketry container. Below sit several gourd calabashes and lidded bowls in orange and dark brown, the group titled below in French, Îles Sandwich, armes et objets divers à l'usage des habitans, and numbered 90 at the upper right. The sheet is hand colored with scattered foxing across the margins and is presented matted.
The plate names Bévalet as draftsman at the lower left and Coutant as engraver at the lower right, and belongs to the body of French plates that recorded Pacific material culture from the voyages of the early nineteenth century. Its calabashes, feather fans, and weapons match the everyday and ceremonial objects that voyage artists collected and drew in the Hawaiian Islands. Plates of this kind were issued in the illustrated French accounts that followed those voyages.
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Bévalet, draftsman; engraved by Coutant; Sandwich Islands subject
Sandwich Islands, Hawaii
circa 1822
Hand colored engraving
matted
This hand colored engraving presents a numbered array of Hawaiian weapons and household objects arranged against a plain ground, keyed from one to sixteen. Along the sides and top run long spears, darts, and a bow, while the center holds a crescent shaped shark tooth weapon, a knobbed wooden implement, a checkered feather fan, and a covered basketry container. Below sit several gourd calabashes and lidded bowls in orange and dark brown, the group titled below in French, Îles Sandwich, armes et objets divers à l'usage des habitans, and numbered 90 at the upper right. The sheet is hand colored with scattered foxing across the margins and is presented matted.
The plate names Bévalet as draftsman at the lower left and Coutant as engraver at the lower right, and belongs to the body of French plates that recorded Pacific material culture from the voyages of the early nineteenth century. Its calabashes, feather fans, and weapons match the everyday and ceremonial objects that voyage artists collected and drew in the Hawaiian Islands. Plates of this kind were issued in the illustrated French accounts that followed those voyages.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
