File:Habitans de L'ile de Pasques by Louis Choris (British Museum, Oc2006,Prt.62).jpg

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Habitans de L'ile de Pasques:

Print. Portrait of a man and a woman, inhabitants of Easter Island. A woman, on the left, wears a cloth wrap skirt. The man, on the right, has tattoo markings on his face, arms and legs and wears a cloth cloak, and plant leaf loin cover, and plant leaf hair ornament. Banana plant in the background. 1822.

Lithograph, printed in borwn, yellow and green tones

Print made by: Ludwig Choris; Printed by: Langlumé.

Published in: Choris, Louis (1822) "Voyage pittoresque autour du monde: avec des portraits de sauvages s'Amerique, d'Asie, a'Afrique, et des iles du Grand Ocean/ des paysages, des vues maritimes, et plusieurs objets d'histoire naturelle".

It is believed that this print was bound together (see holes on side and/or top of print) alongside other prints by Louis Choris, which are now part of the BM Pictorial Collection.
Date Painted 1816. Published in 1822.
Source British Museum
Author drawn by
Louis Choris  (1795–1828)  wikidata:Q821565
 
Louis Choris
Alternative names
Ludwig Choris
Description Russian painter, explorer and writer
Date of birth/death 22 March 1795 Edit this at Wikidata 22 March 1828 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Dnipropetrovsk Veracruz
Work period 1815-1828
Work location
Pacific
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q821565
, print made by Victor-Jean Adam, printed by Langlumé
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