Capo dell'Isola di Sa. Cristinauna delle Marchesi nel Mar del Sud. [French translation to right.]
Apud Theodorum Viero Venetiis [n.d., c.1790.]
Engraving, 280 x 205mm. 11 x 8".
A chieftain of the Marquesas Islands, a group of volcanic islands in French Polynesia in the South Pacific Ocean. He wears a headdress and has paint or tattoos on his face. Plate to 'Raccolta di ... Stampe, che rappresentano figure ed abiti di varie nazioni, etc' in 3 parts, 1783-91, by Teodoro Viero (1740 - 1819), engraver and publisher in Venice.
[Ref: 10887] £75.00
Engraving, 280 x 205mm. 11 x 8".
A chieftain of the Marquesas Islands, a group of volcanic islands in French Polynesia in the South Pacific Ocean. He wears a headdress and has paint or tattoos on his face. Plate to 'Raccolta di ... Stampe, che rappresentano figure ed abiti di varie nazioni, etc' in 3 parts, 1783-91, by Teodoro Viero (1740 - 1819), engraver and publisher in Venice.
[Ref: 10887] £75.00