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Artist
engraved by Adrian Migneret (1786–1840), Drawn by
Marie Joseph Alphonse Pellion  (1796–1868)  wikidata:Q3349155
 
Alternative names
Odet-Pellion
Description French drawer
Date of birth/death 30 September 1796 Edit this at Wikidata 24 January 1868 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death France France
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artist QS:P170,Q3349155
Title
English: Sandwich Islands. 1. Kiaimoukou surnamed Cox, Chief of Maui Island [center]. 2. One of the principal chiefs of Oahu Island [left]. 3. Principal officer of Kiaimoukou [right].
Français : Îles Sandwich. 1. Kiaimoukou surnomme Cox, chef de l'ile Mowi [centre] 2. Un des principaux chefs de l'ile Owhyhi [gauche] 3. Principal officier de Kiaimoukou [droit].
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English: Three portraits of chiefs by J. Alphonse Pellion, the artist who accompanied French explorer Louis de Freycinet to the Sandwich Islands (now the Hawaiian Islands) on board the Uranie. The portraits are, from left to right, of one of the principal chiefs of Oahu; George Cox Keeaumoku (Keeaumoku II), the Royal Governor of Maui; and one of Keeaumoku II's principal officers.
Date circa 1819
date QS:P571,+1819-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium Hand-coloured stipple engraving
Dimensions 23.6 × 32 cm (9.2 × 12.5 in)
institution QS:P195,Q623578
Current location
Rex Nan Kivell Collection.
Accession number
Rex Nan Kivell Collection: NK11288/6; identifier: nla.pic-an9032016; bib ID: vn1908887; call numbers: PIC S7303 LOC NL shelves 576 *, PIC U2772 NK11288/6 LOC 5011-A.
Object history 1825: Published in Paris by Chez Pillet Aîne.
Inscriptions below illustration: "A. Pellion delint. / Îles Sandwich. 1. Kiaimoukou surnomme Cox, chef de l'ile Mowi 2. Un des principaux chefs de l'ile Owhyhi 3. Principal officier de Kiaimoukou. / A. Migneret sculpt."
References [1].
Source/Photographer [2]; originally published as plate 82 of Louis de Freycinet [et al.] (1825) Voyage autour du monde : entrepris par ordre du roi, sous le ministère et conformément aux instructions de S. Exc. M. le vicomte du Bouchage, secrétaire d'état au Département de la marine, exécuté sur les corvettes de S.M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne, pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820 ... [A Voyage Around the World: Undertaken by Order of the King, under the Ministry and in Accordance with the Instructions of S. Exc. M. the Viscount du Bouchage, Secretary of State of the Department of the Navy, Executed using the Corvettes S.M. Urania and Physicienne, during the Years 1817, 1818, 1819 and 1820 ...], Paris: Chez Pillet Aîne OCLC: 154650831.
Other versions Derivative works of this file:  Kiaimoukou surnomme Cox, chef de l'ile Mowi by Alphonse Pellion.jpg
Cox Keeaumoku by Alphonse Pellion.jpg

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