Title:
[View of Island of Nukahiva, Marquesas Islands, Oceania]
Creator/Contributor:
Tilesius von Tilenau, Wilhelm Gottlief (1769-1857), German, artist (artist)
Orlowski, Aleksandr (1777-1832), Polish, artist (artist)
Date:
1810
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1004--ffALB
Format:
drawing on paper: ink and wash
26.4 x 41.7 cm.
Content/Description:
Five native men paddling in long canoe; wild, rocky landscape with waterfalls in distance. Made by Orlovsky in St. Petersburg,
Russia after on-the-spot sketch by Tilesius.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Signature and date (LL, in ink): ALO [monogram of Alexander Orlovsky], 1810. Handwritten (UL, in ink): Tab.
I. Ref. note: Langsdorff--German edition, Vol. I, Plate 4; text, p.76; English edition, Vol. I, Plate 4; text, p. 88.
Subjects:
Discovery & exploration;
Expeditions & surveys;
Indigenous peoples;
Oceania;
Vessels;
Voyages to the Pacific
Genre/Format:
Landscapes;
Travel sketches;
Wash drawings