print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1948,0214.152
Description: A woman from Lituya Bay, Alaska (formerly known as Port des Français), after Duché de Vancy: woman dressed with animal furs, with lip plate inserted in lower lip, seated under pine tree; similar figure seated at right, and beyond at left three figures standing on a shore; plate 24 to Millet-Mureau's 'Voyage de la Pérouse autour du monde', published in 1797. c.1797 Etching finished with engraving
Producer name: After: Gaspard Duché de Vancy; Print made by: Vincent Marie Langlois; Intermediary draughtsman: Jean Michel Moreau le jeune; Lettering engraved by: L Aubert
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Production date: 1797 (circa)
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Dimensions: Height: 434 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 264 millimetres
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Curator's comments: From 'Voyage de la Pérouse autour du monde', see 1948,0214.162
Bibliographic references: Bocher 1882 / Jean Michel Moreau le jeune: catalogue raisonné (1009); IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes (not described)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: costume/clothing; native american
Associated names: Associated with: Jean François de Galaup, Comte de La Pérouse; Illustration to: Louis Marie Antoine Destouff, Baron de Milet-Mureau
Associated places: Associated with: Alaska (state) (Lituya Bay)
Associated events: Associated Event: Expedition of La Pérouse 1785-1788
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Acquisition date: 1948
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1948,0214.152

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