File:Alphonse Pellion, Îles Sandwich; Kraimoku; Young; Keihe-Koukoui (1819).jpg

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Drawn by J. Alphonse Pellion and engraved by Barthelemy Roger (1767–1841).

Marie Joseph Alphonse Pellion  (1796–1868)  wikidata:Q3349155
 
Alternative names
Odet-Pellion
Description French drawer
Date of birth/death 30 September 1796 Edit this at Wikidata 24 January 1868 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death France France
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q3349155
Title
English: Sandwich Islands. 1. Kraimoku, surnamed Pitt, the first minister of the King. 2. Young, a favourite of King Tameameha. 3. Keihe-Koukoui, surnamed Jack, royal pilot.
Français : Îles Sandwich. 1. Kraimoku, surnomme Pitt, 1er ministre du Roi 2. Young, favori du Roi Tameameha 3. Keihe-Koukoui, surnomme Jack, pilote royal.
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English: Three portraits of men by J. Alphonse Pellion, the artist who accompanied French explorer Louis de Freycinet to the Sandwich Islands (now the Hawaiian Islands) on board the Uranie. The portraits are, from left to right, of William Pitt Kalanimoku (c. 1768–1827), a High Chief who served in a role similar to that of a prime minister in the Kingdom of Hawaii; John Young (c. 1742–1835), a British subject who became an important military advisor to Kamehameha I; and Naihe-Kukui Kapihe (died 1825), known as "Captain Jack" or "Jack the Pilot" to visitors, who served as Honolulu harbor master and admiral of the royal fleet in the early Hawaiian Kingdom.
Date circa 1819
date QS:P571,+1819-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Medium Hand-coloured stipple engraving.
Dimensions 23.8 × 32.2 cm (9.3 × 12.6 in).
institution QS:P195,Q623578
Current location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Accession number
identifier: nla.pic-an9032019; bib ID: vn1908915; call number: PIC PIC S7305 LOC NL shelves 576 *.
Object history 1825: Published in Paris by Chez Pillet Aîne.
Inscriptions below illustration: "A. Pellion delint. / Îles Sandwich. 1. Kraimoku, surnomme Pitt, 1er ministre du Roi 2. Young, favori du Roi Tameameha 3. Keihe-Koukoui, surnomme Jack, pilote royal. / Roger sculpt."
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Source/Photographer [2]; originally published as plate 84 of Louis de Freycinet [et al.] (1825) Voyage autour du monde : entrepris par ordre du roi, sous le ministère et conformément aux instructions de S. Exc. M. le vicomte du Bouchage, secrétaire d'état au Département de la marine, exécuté sur les corvettes de S.M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne, pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820 ... [A Voyage Around the World: Undertaken by Order of the King, under the Ministry and in Accordance with the Instructions of S. Exc. M. the Viscount du Bouchage, Secretary of State of the Department of the Navy, Executed using the Corvettes S.M. Urania and Physicienne, during the Years 1817, 1818, 1819 and 1820 ...], Paris: Chez Pillet Aîne OCLC: 154650831.
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    Kalanimoku
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    John Young
  • Naihe Kukui
    Naihe Kukui

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