Italy
1818
Hand-colored stipple engraving
16 × 20 in. including mat (40.6 × 50.8 cm); image: 8½ × 10½ in. (21.6 × 26.7 cm)
Provenance: Private collection, Stockholm
This 1818 Italian hand-colored stipple engraving depicts Tahitian dancers, reflecting the continued European interest in Polynesian subjects after the major Pacific voyages of the late 18th century. Dance scenes were among the recurring visual themes through which Tahiti was presented to European audiences. The image belongs to the wider body of printed Pacific material that blended observation, publication history, and period European interpretation.
The stipple technique creates a softer tonal surface than line engraving, allowing the figures and setting to be modeled with a more delicate texture. Hand coloring adds visual emphasis while preserving the underlying structure of the print. As a historical Pacific image, the work documents an early 19th-century European representation of Tahitian performance and cultural life.
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Italy
1818
Hand-colored stipple engraving
16 × 20 in. including mat (40.6 × 50.8 cm); image: 8½ × 10½ in. (21.6 × 26.7 cm)
Provenance: Private collection, Stockholm
This 1818 Italian hand-colored stipple engraving depicts Tahitian dancers, reflecting the continued European interest in Polynesian subjects after the major Pacific voyages of the late 18th century. Dance scenes were among the recurring visual themes through which Tahiti was presented to European audiences. The image belongs to the wider body of printed Pacific material that blended observation, publication history, and period European interpretation.
The stipple technique creates a softer tonal surface than line engraving, allowing the figures and setting to be modeled with a more delicate texture. Hand coloring adds visual emphasis while preserving the underlying structure of the print. As a historical Pacific image, the work documents an early 19th-century European representation of Tahitian performance and cultural life.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
