The tomb of Tongamana in Tonga, with people standing in the foreground. Lithograph by L.A. Asselineau and V. Adam after L.A. de Sainson, ca. 1833.

  • Sainson, M. de (Louis Auguste), 1801-1887.
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[1833]
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579269i
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The tomb of Tongamana in Tonga, with people standing in the foreground. Lithograph by L.A. Asselineau and V. Adam after L.A. de Sainson, ca. 1833. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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An episode in the voyage of the Astrolabe in the South Pacific led by Jules Dumont d'Urville, 1827-1829. The man on the left holding a portfolio of drawings, is presumably the artist Louis-Auguste de Sainson. Of the other three men, two are Europeans and one is Tongan

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[Paris] : J. Tastu, [1833]

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1 print : lithograph ; image 21.4 x 30.6 cm

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Tombeau du chef Tongamana (Tonga-Tabou) ; de Sainson pinx. ; Asselineau lith. fig par V. Adam Bears number: Pl. 80

References note

Not found in: Jean Laran, Inventaire du fonds français après 1800, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome 1, Paris 1930, pp. 187-195 (inventory of prints by L.A. Asselineau)

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Wellcome Collection 579269i

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