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Antique Print-FEMALE-COSTUME-FASHION-NUKU HIVA-MARQUESAS-Wahlen-1844

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Jeune Fille de l’Ile Madisson. – This handcoloured plate shows a native woman in historical dress, from Nuku Hiva (formerly Madison Island), the largest of the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia.

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‘Jeune Fille de l’Ile Madisson.’

Handcoloured lithograph, heightened with Arabic gum on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 16,7 x 26,1 cm. (6,6 x 10,3 inch). Image size: 9 x 18 cm. (3,5 x 7,1 inch).

From the Oceania volume of “Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples de Monde” by Auguste Wahlen. This was published in Paris: Poiree, Pilout, Duterte and Martinon, 1844.

Made by an anonymous engraver after ‘Auguste Wahlen’. Author: Auguste Wahlen. Various artists are responsible for the illustrations, most notably Evrard Duverger, L. Markaert and R. King.

Condition: Good, given age. Browned, and with some small stains. A few small tears in the lower margin (closed with acid-free archival tape). General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: FEMALE-COSTUME-FASHION-NUKU HIVA-MARQUESAS

PCO-C9-01

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Dimensions 26 × 16 × 1 cm

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