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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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

Publication/Creation

[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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