Habitans de L'ile de Pasques by Louis Choris (British Museum, Oc2006,Prt.62), Pierre Langlumé

Habitans de l'ile de pasques: print. Portrait of a man and a woman, inhabitants of easter island. A woman, on the left, wears a cloth wrap skirt. The man, on the right, has tattoo markings on his face, arms and legs and wears a cloth cloak, and plant leaf loin cover, and plant leaf hair ornament. Banana plant in the background. 1822. Lithograph, printed in borwn, yellow and green tones print made by: ludwig choris; printed by: langlumé. 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". 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. Date: Painted 1816. Published in 1822..