c.1815 Front & Profile Portrait of the Women of Port de Français Print - La Pérouse Voyage Costume - Hand Coloured Print - 9.5 x 7 in

This original hand-coloured print depicts two views (frontal and profile) of the Women of Port des Français from the La Pérouse voyage. It measures 9.5 x 7 inches. Artist Prier. Engraver Deeves 1802-1823 (active) This delicate hand-tinted print shows: > A seated indigenous woman wrapped in a fur cloak beneath towering firs, with a coastal panorama and fellow figures in the distance. The scene is rendered in a mixture of subtle and vibrant watercolour washes, highlighting costume details and natural surroundings. > > “Vol. 2. Page 104” (center, below image) > “Front & Profile Portrait of the Women of Port de Français, one of the new Discoveries of M. la Perouse.” (beneath plate) > “Prior del.” lower left. “Deeves sculp.” (lower right) Produced on good quality paper with hand-colour pigments. The reverse shows slight show-through of the colouring, faint age toning, and a pencil inscription reading “12½ × 9½”. Residue of old mounts top and bottom. Visit https://www.etsy.com/shop/ForestHillArtsHouse?section_id=53836230 for other exciting People prints. Background The La Pérouse expedition (1785–1788), led by Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, is renowned for mapping uncharted Pacific coastlines and documenting indigenous cultures, significantly enriching European geographic and ethnographic knowledge. Jean François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (French:  23 August 1741 – c. 1788) was a French Navy officer and explorer. Having enlisted in the Navy at the age of 15, he had a successful career and in 1785 was appointed to lead a scientific expedition around the world. His ships stopped in Chile, Hawaii, Alaska, California, Macau, the Philippines, Korea, Russia, Japan, Samoa, Tonga, and Australia before wrecking on the reefs of Vanikoro in the Solomon Islands. Documents that had been relayed to France from Lapérouse's expedition were published in Paris in 1797, under the title Voyage de La Pérouse autour du monde ("The voyage of La Pérouse around the world") About Your Purchase: - Your purchase is this ORIGINAL antique hand-coloured print. No modern reprints or reproductions. - This print is sold mounted. Condition: Very good overall. Minor age toning at sheet edges, minimal colour show-through; no tears or repairs. Returns & Shipping - Returns: No-questions-asked within 14 days if returned in original condition; buyer pays return postage. - Packing: Secured in a clear sleeve with board-backed envelope and reinforced recycled cardboard. - Dispatch: Royal Mail Tracked 24/48 & International - UK: 1–3 days - US/EU: 5–12 days - Rest of World: 7–21 days