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Louis Choris: English: A Dance by Women of the Sandwich Islands.

Français : Danse des femmes dans les iles Sandwich.

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Artist

Jean Augustin Franquelin (1789–1839), after Louis Choris.

Louis Choris  (1795–1828)    wikidata:Q821565
 
Louis Choris
Alternative names
Ludwig Choris
Description Russian painter, explorer and writer
Date of birth/death 22 March 1795  Edit this at Wikidata 22 March 1828  Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Dnipropetrovsk Veracruz
Work period 1815-1828
Work location
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artist QS:P170,Q821565
Title
English: A Dance by Women of the Sandwich Islands.
Français : Danse des femmes dans les iles Sandwich.
Description
English: A hand-coloured lithograph depicting female dancers from the Sandwich Islands (now known as the Hawaiian Islands). It was based on an original work by Louis Choris, the artist aboard the Russian cruiser Rurick, which visited Hawai'i in 1816.
Date 1822
date QS:P571,+1822-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium Hand-coloured lithograph
medium QS:P186,Q15123870
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Dimensions height: 18 cm (7 in); width: 29.5 cm (11.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,18U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,29.5U174728
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institution QS:P195,Q623578
Current location
Accession number
identifier: nla.pic-an10460622; bib ID: vn1379853; call number: PIC S6716 LOC NL shelves 589 *.
Object history Published in Paris by the Didot printing firm.
Inscriptions caption: "Danse des femmes dans les iles Sandwich".
Notes Compare plate number XVI [16] on page [52] of Louis Choris (1822) Voyage pittoresque autour du monde : avec de portraits de sauvages d'Amerique, d'Asie, d'Afrique, et des îles du Grand Océan ; des paysages, des vues maritimes, et plusieurs objets d'histoire naturelle ; accompagné de descriptions par m. le Baron Cuvier, et m. A. de Chamisso, et d'observations sur les crânes humains, par m. le Docteur Gall. Par m. Louis Choris, peintre [Picturesque Voyage around the World: With Portraits of the Savages of America, Asia, Africa, and of the Islands of the Pacific Ocean; Landscapes, Sea Views, and Many Objects of Natural History; accompanied by Descriptions by M. the Baron Cuvier, and M. de Chamisso, and Observations on Human Skulls, by M. Dr. Gall. By M. Choris Louis, Painter.], Paris: Firmin Didot OCLC: 67968946.
References [1].
Source/Photographer National Library of Australia.
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