Antique Print-ULIETEA-RAIATEA-SOCIETY ISLANDS-TAHITI-Parkinson-Klauber-1798
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Antique Print-ULIETEA-RAIATEA-SOCIETY ISLANDS-TAHITI-Parkinson-Klauber-1798

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€90.00

Gezigt van het eiland Ulietea met een dubbele praauw en een Schuiten-huis. – This print shows a view of the island of Ulietea with a double canoe and a boat house. Ulietea (Raiatea) was the centre from which the Society Islands and Tahiti were populated, and the homeland to which the Maori people trace back their historic origin. The man on the left is likely carrying breadfruit, a starchy fruit that has a potato-like flavour when cooked (similar to bread) and is high in carbohydrates and protein. Breadfruit was seen as a highly productive food and was later transported to the Caribbean as a cheap, high-energy food source for slaves.

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SKU: RB-834 Category: Tag:

Description

‘Gezigt van het eiland Ulietea met een dubbele praauw en een Schuiten-huis.’

Etching / engraving on hand laid paper. Watermark: no.
Sheet size: 33,2 x 18,5 cm. (13,1 x 7,3 inch). Image size: 33,2 x 18,5 cm. (13,1 x 7,3 inch).

This attractive print was published in James Cook’s: Reize rondom de waereld (?), by Honkoop, Leiden and Allart in Amsterdam, in 1798.

Made by ‘Ignaz Sebastian Klauber’ after ‘Sydney Parkinson’. Ignaz Sebastian Klauber (1753-1817) Field drawing by Sydney Parkinson in August 1769. Parkinson (a Scottish landscape artist on Captain James Cook’s first Endeavor voyage from 1768-1771) made studies of plants and animal species that were then engraved to be included in John Hawkesworth’s Voyages (an account of the journeys by Captain Cook, Vice Admiral John Byron, and Joseph Banks published on behalf of the Admirality in 1773).

Condition: Good, given age. Trimmed to image. Light soiling. Light damp staining, mostly visible on rear. Brown spot in the air. Small tear at upper edge been restored. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ISLAND ULIETEA-RAIATEA-SOCIETY ISLANDS-TAHITI-MAORI-DOUBLE CANOE-BREADFRUIT

RBOS-A6-25

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Dimensions 18 × 33 × 1 cm

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