print
- Museum number
- Oc2006,Prt.226
- Title
- Object: Vue d'une ile dans le groupe Krusenstern (View of an island in the Krusenstern group)
- Description
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View of an expanse of water and a tree covered island in the Ailuk Atoll, several thatched roof buildings are on the beach, and several people are standing along the shoreline. A sailing boat is on the water, with a group of people wearing plant fibre skirts, standing and seated in the boat, some are holding oars. 1822
Lithograph, printed in green and blue tones.
- Production date
- 1822
- Dimensions
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Height: 26 centimetres
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Width: 40.20 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
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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".
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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.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Two holes, at top of print. Stained.
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Voyage pittoresque autour du monde
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc2006,Prt.226
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: KXW.Oc.7 (Old BM series number)