Coupang; Ile Timor. (Divers travaux mécaniques)

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J.Alphonse Pellion (fl.1817-1820)
Coupang; Ile Timor. (Divers travaux mécaniques)
inscribed 'Mr.Pellion' (lower left), inscribed as title, and inscribed 'Note. Cette scène donne idée d'une certain activité, qui n'est cependant point le fait de nos acteurs: c'est dans le But de Réunir les différens/ouvriers, que l'on a laizé la vérité' below the image
pen and ink and watercolour on paper
11 5/8 x 15 1/8in. (29.5 x 38.4cm.)
and two brown wash engravers' drawings signed '.. Garnier' after Pellion for plates 20 (Occupations domestiques) and 22 (Divers travaux mécaniques), Atlas Historique.

For the descriptions of the subjects of the Garnier drawings see the 'Table explicative des planches' (Atlas Historique). (3)

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Lot Essay

The inscription records how the French artists combined images from sketchbooks to show representative occupations and races in one picture, rather than working strictly from nature. We know that Pellion used Petit's Timorese figures to fill out his own compositions. Lot 47, for example, ('Scene prise au Bazard') includes a figure originally drawn by Petit (Esclave porte du lait au Bazard, Coupang), Christie's 16 July 1993, lot 62.

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