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Lot 156: Moerenhout, Jacques-Antoine

Est: $5,000 USD - $7,000 USDSold:
Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USDecember 11, 2007

Item Overview

Description

"Vue de la baie et de la maison du principal chef à Huaheine (iles de la Société)" (manuscript caption in pencil), pen-and-ink drawing (7 x 9 in.; 177 x 228 mm), n.p., ca. late 1830s; few stains, pencil caption in top portion of drawing. Matted, framed and glazed.

Notes

Moerenhout's sketch was the basis of plate 59, "Eglise des Missionnaires protestants à Huaheiné (Iles de la Société)," from Dupetit-Thouars' Voyage autour du monde sur la Frégate la Vénus (1840-46). Included in the lot is a copy of the plate, executed by Bichebois.

Auction Details

Fine Books and Manuscripts Including Americana

by
Sotheby's
December 11, 2007, 12:00 PM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US