"[Lot of 5 - Sandwich Island Portraits]",
Subject: Hawaii
Period: 1788 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
4.8 x 7 inches
12.2 x 17.8 cm
This lot is composed of 5 engraved portraits of native men, warriors and a woman from Costumes Civils…Moeurs et Coutumes des Habitans des Isles Sandwich, edited by Sylvain Marechal and illustrated by Grasset de Saint-Sauveurand. Included with the plates below are 20 pages of disbound French text describing the native habits and customs:
A. Homme Sandewich
B. Pirogue Sandwich
C. Danseur des Isles Sandwich
D. Insulaire d'Oivhyhee
E. Femme Sandewich
References:
Condition: B+
Plates are generally clean with some printer's ink residue along the plate mark and a few tiny spots in the image.
