M. Dumont D’Urville. Weeping for the death of Keopona-lani. 1834.

Print of steel engraving titled Lamentations a la mort de Keopona-lani“.

Author Jules Sbastien Csar Dumont d'Urville.

Engraved by Beyar.

From Voyage pittoresque Autour du Monde, resume general des voyages decouvertes, public sous la direction de M. Dumont D’Urville, a Paris, chez L. Tenre, Libraire-Editeur, 1834.

Jules Sbastien Csar Dumont d'Urville (23 May 1790 – 8 May 1842) was a French explorer, naval officer and rear admiral, who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica. As a botanist and cartographer he left his mark, giving his name to several seaweeds, plants and shrubs, and places such as D'Urville Island.

Approx. image size 12, 1 x 9, 6/17, 1 x 12, 3 cm.Condition: good.

Condition: good.