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Charlotte Cerf Cushing collection of prints and watercolors [graphic]
BANC PIC 1905.13279-.13319--PIC; BANC PIC 1955.012--D; BANC PIC 1955.012--D
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Title:
Charlotte Cerf Cushing collection of prints and watercolorsCreator/Contributor:
Cushing, Charlotte Cerf., creator, Collector.Creator/Contributor:
Cooke, G. E.Creator/Contributor:
Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, Jacques, 1757-1810Abstract:
Primarily views of Samoa and the Sandwich Islands. Includes 7 watercolor portraits of indigenous peoples by G.E. Cooke (most
signed and and dated 1847-1850), aquatints of views by [T. or J.?] Weld (ca. 1850-1856), an engraving of the Sandwich Islands,
and a lithograph by Le Breton entitled Vue de San Francisco [a smaller variant of the view published as: San Francisco, vue
prise d'un point eleve du cote Sud.]
Engravings of the Sandwich Islands, many apparently removed from editions of Cook's voyages. Also, many engravings relating
to Tahiti and native costume (many bearing names of J. Grasset St. Sauveur and J. Laroque.) Three small (gouache?) paintings
of the Hawaiian islands are also present - two of which relate to "Missionary Sisters" at Lahaina, 1865.
Date:
ca. 1780 -ca. 1865 (issued)Subject:
Cook, James -- 1728-1779 -- Travel -- Pictorial worksPacific Islanders -- Portraits
Missions -- Hawaii -- Lahaina -- Pictorial works
Hawaii -- Pictorial works
Samoan Islands -- Pictorial works
Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) -- Pictorial works
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
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Title supplied by cataloger.
Artists and publishers include: J Chapman; Webber; Walker; Wale; Grignion; Corbould; Cook; Grainger; Hamilton; J.W. Wooding;
J.G. St. Sauveur; Lachaufsee; J. Laroque; J. Wilkes; Fielding & Walker; Alex Hogg, Charles Knight; and Longman, Hurst, Rees,
Orme & Brown.
Type:
graphicWatercolors.
Engravings.
Lithographs.
Aquatints.
Physical Description:
graphic
picture
14 items (watercolors, aquatints, engravings, and lithographs) : some hand colored.
42 items (engravings and 3 paintings) : most hand colored.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1905.13279-.13319--PIC
BANC PIC 1955.012--D
BANC PIC 1955.012--D