Hawaiian Islands / Sandwich Islands
Paris, 1822
Stipple engraving, colored on the plate
Mat: 18 × 21 in. (45.7 × 53.3 cm); image: 10 × 13 in. (25.4 × 33 cm)
Provenance: Randy Nagatani, Honolulu, HI; Lahaina Printsellers
This stipple engraving depicts Kaimoku, a high chief of Hawai'i, and Keeaumoku, published in Paris in 1822 in Freycinet's Voyage autour du monde. Both figures were prominent in the Hawaiian political world of the early nineteenth century: Kaimoku, known also as Kalanimoku, served as prime minister under Kamehameha I and Kamehameha II and was among the most powerful figures in the kingdom during the period of the expedition's visit. Their inclusion in the Freycinet publication reflects the French expedition's interest in named Hawaiian political figures rather than anonymous ethnographic types.
The plate is colored on the plate, giving both figures a more finished and individualized visual presence while preserving the tonal subtlety of stipple engraving. As part of the Freycinet voyage atlas, it belongs to a body of work substantially rarer and less familiar to collectors than the better-known Cook voyage engravings, and its named Hawaiian subjects give it added historical specificity. The Randy Nagatani and Lahaina Printsellers provenance adds a documented Hawaiian collecting history.
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Hawaiian Islands / Sandwich Islands
Paris, 1822
Stipple engraving, colored on the plate
Mat: 18 × 21 in. (45.7 × 53.3 cm); image: 10 × 13 in. (25.4 × 33 cm)
Provenance: Randy Nagatani, Honolulu, HI; Lahaina Printsellers
This stipple engraving depicts Kaimoku, a high chief of Hawai'i, and Keeaumoku, published in Paris in 1822 in Freycinet's Voyage autour du monde. Both figures were prominent in the Hawaiian political world of the early nineteenth century: Kaimoku, known also as Kalanimoku, served as prime minister under Kamehameha I and Kamehameha II and was among the most powerful figures in the kingdom during the period of the expedition's visit. Their inclusion in the Freycinet publication reflects the French expedition's interest in named Hawaiian political figures rather than anonymous ethnographic types.
The plate is colored on the plate, giving both figures a more finished and individualized visual presence while preserving the tonal subtlety of stipple engraving. As part of the Freycinet voyage atlas, it belongs to a body of work substantially rarer and less familiar to collectors than the better-known Cook voyage engravings, and its named Hawaiian subjects give it added historical specificity. The Randy Nagatani and Lahaina Printsellers provenance adds a documented Hawaiian collecting history.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
