Stock ID #175965 Guerrier de Tonga Tabou. AUGUSTE WAHLEN, ENGRAVER, MERCIER, LOUIS AUGUSTE DE, AFTER SAINSON.

Guerrier de Tonga Tabou.

(Paris). ( 1844.). Stock ID #175965

Hand coloured engraving heightened with gum arabic, 27.4 x 18.2 cm (sheet), slight toning to the paper and edge wear, but in very good condition.

Fine plate of a Tongan warrior, prepared for Auguste Wahlen's great compilation of world costume "Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples de Monde.” Illustrations were after those from the great 19th Century voyage artists: here Louis de Sainson.

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Price: $75.00 AU

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