Belin, fl 1854 :Oceanie. Dessine et lith. par Belin. Publie avec texte par le Journal des Meres et des Enfants [...], 9 rue des Saints-Peres. Imp. Lemercier, Paris, Journal des meres et des enfants, [1 April 1854]

Date: 1854 By: Belin, fl 1854; Lemercier et Compagnie (Firm)

Ref: B-182-018

A page of eleven vignette panels with scenes from eleven different Pacific countries:

Iles Philippines - Port de Manille

Java. Plantations de Poivriers - Muscadiers et Gerofliers (Pepper plants, nutmeg and cloves)

Borneo - Orang-Outang - Fleur du Rafflesia - Indigene Malais (Orang-utan, Rafflesia flower, Malay native)

Iles Sandwich - case du roi a Honolulu (Hawaii - King's house at Honolulu)

Iles Carolines - peche des eponges, du tripang et des tortues a ecaille (Caroline Islands - fishing for sponges, sea cucumbers and tortoises)

Australie - colons et chercheurs d'or - Arbres casuarines et eucaliptes - Menure, cygne noir (Australia - colonists and gold prospectors, casuarina trees and eucalyptus gums, lyre bird and black swan)

Nouvelle Guinee - etablissement de baleiniers (New Guinea - whaling settlement)

Iles Viti - Navire venant charger des bois de Teck et de Sandal (Fiji? Ship about to be loaded with teak and sandalwood)

O Taiti - arbre a pain - on embarque des perles et de la nacre (Tahiti - breadfruit - loading boats with pearls and mother of pearl)

Iles Marquises - etablissement [...] (Marquesas - settlement ...?)

Nouvelle Zelande - indigenes travaiilant le phormium tenax (New Zealand - natives working with flax)

Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).

Physical Description: Hand-coloured engraving, om sheet cropped to 290 x 378 mm.

Provenance: Purchased from a private vendor, June 2011.

Access restrictions: Partial restriction - Use digital copy in preference to original

Format: Engravings, Ethnographic images, 1 colour art print(s), Single art work, Hand-coloured engraving, om sheet cropped to 290 x 378 mm., Horizontal image

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