Title:
[View of island of Nukahiva, Marquesas Islands, Oceania]
Creator/Contributor:
Tilesius von Tilenau, Wilhelm Gottlief (1769-1857), German, artist (artist)
Date:
[between 1803 and 1807]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1005--ffALB
Format:
drawing on paper mounted on paper: ink and wash
10.1 x 16.7 cm., on mount 12.2 x 18.7 cm.
Content/Description:
General view of rocky terrain seen from off coast; oared sailboat and rowboat on water.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Handwritten (LC, on mount, in pencil): Ansicht von der [Neuburgs?]schlucht [...?] in Nukahiwa; (LR, in ink):
Dr. Tilesius ad natur[am]; (UR, in ink): 4; (LR, in pencil): 21; (on verso): Langsdorff... Ref. note: Langsdorff--German ed.:
Vol. I, Plate 5; text, p. 77; not in English edition. Inscriptions in German.
Subjects:
Discovery & exploration;
Expeditions & surveys;
Oceania;
Voyages to the Pacific
Genre/Format:
Landscapes;
Travel sketches;
Wash drawings