Danse des Iles des Amis en présence de la Reine Tiné (Dance of the Friendly Islands in the presence of Queen Tiné)

after a drawing by [Nicholas?] Piron, botanical artist, fl. 1791-1797 (artist notes)
German (artist nationality)
engraver (artist role)
Piron, [Nicholas?], fl. 1791-1797 (original artist)
Recto: l. l.: (all text in French) Piron del. ; l. r.: Copia sculp. ; l. r.: Dien scripsit ; l. r.: (along right edge) Atlas du Voyage à la recherche de la Pérouse. No. 27. ; bottom center: DANSE DES ÎLES DES AMIS, EN PRÉSENCE DE LA REINE TINÉ ; l. r.: (in pencil) No. 21 ; verso: u. r.: (in pencil) Clark 4 50 ; l. r.: (in pencil) Voyage à la recherche de La Pérouse / 1791-1794 / Edité par Dabo en 1817 - ; l. r.: (in pencil) No 21; l. l.: (in pencil) C575/637 (inscription)
Etching. (medium)
Good condition. Left, right, and bottom edges "browned," probably from natural wear. Adhesive tape stains at upper left and right corners. (condition)
The Arthur H. Clark Company, Glendale, California, 18 Mar. 1937. (provenance)
Fangufangu? (Nose flute) (instrument)
Entrecasteaux, Antoine Raymond Joseph Bruni, chevalier d', 1739-1793; La Pérouse, Jean François de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788?; Labillardière, Jacques Julien Houtou de, 1755-1834 (related names)
19th century (century)
Mythological, etc. (miller category)

The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contains nearly 1,700 flutes and other wind instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, trade catalogs, tutors, patents, and other materials mostly related to the flute. It includes both Western and non-Western examples of flutes from around the world, with at least 460 European and American instrument makers represented. Items in the collection date from the 16th to the 20th century.