Ethnography · 19th century
€ 340
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
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Antique print titled 'Tonga-Tabu'. Old print depicting various inhabitants of Tonga Tabu. This print originates from 'Entdeckungs, Reise der Franzosischen Corvette Astrolabe Unternomen auf Befehl Konig Karls X'. These are the German titled views originally issued in Dumont d'Urville 'Voyage Autor du Monde'.
Artists and Engravers: Engraved by K.J. Brodtmann after L.A. de Sainson.
Condition: good, please study image carefully.
Date: c.1836
Overall size: 25.5 x 34.5 cm.
Image size: 17 x 24 cm.
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