Antique Print-FRIENDLY ISLANDS-TONGA-POLYNESIA-Stuart-Portman-Kuyper-1802

Line engraving and stipple engraving. Original hand colouring. Vellin type paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 12.5 x 22 cm. The image size is ca. 9.5 x 14.5 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 4.9 x 8.7 inch. The image size is ca. 3.7 x 5.7 inch.

Plate: ‘Vrienden-Eilanders.’ (Inhabitants of Friendly Islands, Polynesia.) Friendly islands or Tonga is an archipelago consisting of many islands including Tongotaboo, Eooa, Anamocka. This scarse engraved plate originates from: ‘De mensch, zoo als hij voorkomt op den bekenden aardbol beschreven door Martinus Suart, afgebeeld door Jacques Kuyper.’, 1st ed. in 6 parts, published by Johannes Allart, Amsterdam, 1802. This famous anthropological work was ‘the first Dutch treatise on geographical anthropology… Quite a few plates are after the travel accounts of Captain Cook, La Pérouse, Carver, Levaillant, etc…’ (Landwehr).Artists and Engravers: Author: Martinus Stuart (Dutch preacher, historian: 1765-1826). Engraved by Louis Portman after Jacques Kuyper.

Condition: Excellent. General age related toning. Please study scan.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-FRIENDLY ISLANDS-TONGA-POLYNESIA-STUART-PORTMAN-KUYPER

(PCO) C66-17