Marquesas Islands, Polynesia
1841
Lithograph
16 x 20 in. including mat; image 8 x 11 in.
40.6 x 50.8 cm including mat; image 20.3 x 27.9 cm
Provenance: John Dominis Holt, Honolulu, Hawaii
This lithograph depicts a village at the Bay of Madre de Dios in the Marquesas Islands. It comes from Voyage Autour du Monde sur La Vénus, the published account of the French voyage of 1836–1839. The expedition reached the Marquesas in 1838 after leaving the Galapagos Islands, carrying out surveys of the islands over the following weeks.
The composition records a coastal settlement within the wider 19th-century French visual record of Polynesia. Lithographs from voyage publications brought Pacific landscapes, villages, and encounters to European readers through carefully prepared printed images. Its provenance from John Dominis Holt gives the work a Honolulu collecting history connected to Pacific art and exploration material.
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Marquesas Islands, Polynesia
1841
Lithograph
16 x 20 in. including mat; image 8 x 11 in.
40.6 x 50.8 cm including mat; image 20.3 x 27.9 cm
Provenance: John Dominis Holt, Honolulu, Hawaii
This lithograph depicts a village at the Bay of Madre de Dios in the Marquesas Islands. It comes from Voyage Autour du Monde sur La Vénus, the published account of the French voyage of 1836–1839. The expedition reached the Marquesas in 1838 after leaving the Galapagos Islands, carrying out surveys of the islands over the following weeks.
The composition records a coastal settlement within the wider 19th-century French visual record of Polynesia. Lithographs from voyage publications brought Pacific landscapes, villages, and encounters to European readers through carefully prepared printed images. Its provenance from John Dominis Holt gives the work a Honolulu collecting history connected to Pacific art and exploration material.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
