Lithograph
From Voyage du Monde sur La Venus 1836 - 1839
16" x 20" including mat image 6 1/2" x 10"
Provenance: John Dominis Holt, Honolulu, HI
Scarce view of Huahine one of the Leeward Islands in French Polynesia.After the Venus’s stay at the Marquesas Islands the expedition arrived at Tahiti on 28/8/38. Within three days, after threats of vio.ent retalition against the British resident, Reverend George Pritchard, the Amercian consul, Jacques-Antoine Moerenhout abd queen Pomare, he had fulfilled his instructions and obtained from the queen a most favoured nation agreement under which French Nationals were guaranteed rights of residence in Tahiti. On 10/9/38 he sailed to Matavai Bay, where he had heard that the Astrolabe and Zelee had arrived with the expedition of Dumont d’Urville whose presence added further weight to the French cause. Dupetit Thouars spent the next two weeks on hydrographic work.
Lithograph
From Voyage du Monde sur La Venus 1836 - 1839
16" x 20" including mat image 6 1/2" x 10"
Provenance: John Dominis Holt, Honolulu, HI
Scarce view of Huahine one of the Leeward Islands in French Polynesia.After the Venus’s stay at the Marquesas Islands the expedition arrived at Tahiti on 28/8/38. Within three days, after threats of vio.ent retalition against the British resident, Reverend George Pritchard, the Amercian consul, Jacques-Antoine Moerenhout abd queen Pomare, he had fulfilled his instructions and obtained from the queen a most favoured nation agreement under which French Nationals were guaranteed rights of residence in Tahiti. On 10/9/38 he sailed to Matavai Bay, where he had heard that the Astrolabe and Zelee had arrived with the expedition of Dumont d’Urville whose presence added further weight to the French cause. Dupetit Thouars spent the next two weeks on hydrographic work.
