Lot 74: Adrien Aim‚ Taunay (1803-1828)

Voyage de l'Uranie. Poissons: (Serran Bourignon) Bodian - Poisson pris a l'Œle Bourbon; Rawak. Fleuronicte (turbot … long filets); Rawak. 3 Scombres... 1/2 grandeur nat e l l e; Rawak. (Baliste Praslin. Baliste Medinilla); Iles Carolines dessin‚ … bord sous voile (Baliste Lamoureux) one signed '(Taunay)', five signed and dated 'Taunay J n e fecit 1819', all inscribed pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on paper 131/4 x 10in. (33.7 x 25.4cm.) and smaller (6) ENGRAVED Atlas Zoologique, pls. 46, 47, 50, 61, 63 and 65. Atlas Historique, II, pl.57 EXHIBITION Paris, 1962, no. 350 (the first watercolour). NOTES The fish, all caught on the voyage and drawn on the spot by Taunay off Rawak, and the Caroline Islands, 1818-1819. The specimens include Labre Arago, named after Jacques Arago, the Baliste Medinilla named for the governor of the Mariannes and the Aspisure Lamarche, named for the first lieutenant.