Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Tilesius von Tilenau, Wilhelm Gottlief (1769-1857), German, artist
Creator Role:
artist
Title:
[Costume of the poorer classes of inhabitants of Tenerife, Canary Islands]
Date:
[between 1803 and 1807]
Materials:
drawing on paper: ink and wash
Dimensions:
10.6 x 15.7 cm.
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1002--ffALB
Subject:
- Canary Islands
- Children
- Clothing & dress
- Discovery & exploration
- Expeditions & surveys
- Military personnel
- Voyages to the Pacific
- Women
- Travel sketches
- Wash drawings
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Content/Description:
Notes:
Four women in Spanish-style dress and child stand on waterfront platform; man in naval uniform points out to sea; another man gestures towards women.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
Supplied title. Handwritten (LC, in ink): Kostüm der ärmeren Klasse der Bewohner von Teneriffa; (UR): 2; (LR): Dr. Tilesius. Handwritten (on verso): Langsdorff... Inscriptions in German.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf4n39p2p z

[Costume of the poorer classes of inhabitants of Tenerife, Canary Islands]