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Double Pirogue des Iles des Amis (Double Canoe in the Friendly Islands) / Jacques-Louis Copia [artwork]

Double Pirogue des Iles des Amis (Double Canoe in the Friendly Islands) [artwork]

Title: Double Pirogue des Iles des Amis (Double Canoe in the Friendly Islands) [artwork]
Artist: Copia, Jacques-Louis, 1764-1799
Genre: artwork
Date Created: 1817
Physical Description: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 19 7/8 inches (32.0 x 50.5 cm.); plate impression: 12 1/8 x 17 3/4 inches (30.8 x 45.0 cm.)
Artist notes: after a drawing by [Nicholas?] Piron, botanical artist, fl. 1791-1799
Artist nationality: German
Artist role: engraver
Original artist: Piron, [Nicholas?], fl. 1791-1797
Inscription: Recto: l. l.: (all text in French) Piron del. ; l. r.: Copia sculp. ; l. r.: Dien scripsit ; l. r.: (along right edge) Atlas du Voyage à la recherche de la Pérouse. No. 28. ; bottom center: DOUBLE PIROGUE DES ÎLES DES AMIS. ; u. l.: (upside down, in pencil) No. 22 ; l. r.: (in pencil) #22 ; verso: u. r.: (in pencil) Clark 4 50 ; l. r.: (in pencil) Voyage à la recherche de La Pérouse / fait par ordre de l'Assemblée Constituante / pendant les Années 1791 1792 1793 1794 - / Gravure editée par Dabo en 1817 - ; l. r.: (in pencil) No 22; l. l.: (in pencil) C575/629
Medium: Etching.
Condition: Good condition. Within the image at the right, across the double bows, there seems to be an impression of a leaf.
Provenance: The Arthur H. Clark Company, Glendale, California, 18 Mar. 1937.
Instrument: Nose flute?
Related names: Entrecasteaux, Antoine Raymond Joseph Bruni, chevalier d', 1739-1793; La Pérouse, Jean François de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788?; Labillardière, Jacques Julien Houtou de, 1755-1834
Century: 19th century
Subjects: Travel or Exploration/ Exotic Scenes; Literary source
Miller category: Mythological, etc.
Miller ID: 0459/U
Repository: Music Division, Library of Congress

Last Updated: 07-07-2010

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