£1,400
Polynesia. English School, first-half 19th c - Tahaitanani, Queen of the Marquisas (sic; Marquesas) Islands in the Pacific, an ethnographic study of one of her legs and their tribal tattoos, titled and dated 1839, pen-and-ink on paper, picked out in blue-grey wash, 34.8 x 20.8cm
Drawing and colouring in good order. The sheet with some toned portions, signs of marginal handling. The lower-right edge with a corner stain. Please see images.
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