Photographs of Louis Choris' Illustrated Plates from Voyage Pittoresque Autour du Monde, approximately 1816-1817
Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
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Biographical Note
- Historical Background
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
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Detailed Description of the Collection
- Copy photograph of lithograph of Inupiats of Kotzbue Sound, Between 1816 and 1817
- Copy photograph of lithograph of Inupiat utensils and arms from the Bering Strait, Between 1816 and 1817
- Copy photograph of lithograph of Inupiat ivory carvings from Kotzebue Sound, Between 1816 and 1817
- Copy photograph of lithograph of Inupiat carvings and sculptures for Kotzebue Sound, Between 1816 and 1817
- Copy photographs of lithographs of the skull of an Inupiat woman from Kotzebue Sound, Between 1816 and 1817
- Copy photograph of lithograph of a Chukchi family and Chukchi homes, Between 1816 and 1817
- Copy photograph of lithograph of three Aleuts, Between 1816 and 1817
- Copy photograph of lithograph of an Aleut man and woman, Between 1816 and 1817
- Copy photograph of lithograph of Aleut hat, Between 1816 and 1817
- Copy photograph of lithograph of Aleut skulls, Between 1816 and 1817
- Copy photograph of lithograph of Oululuk (Unalaska), the principal settlement on the island of Unalaska, Between 1816 and 1817
- Copy photograph of lithograph of an Aleut kayak and frame, Between 1816 and 1817
- Copy photograph of lithograph of an Aleut man and woman dressed in distinctive Aleut clothes, Between 1816 and 1817
- Copy photograph of lithograph of Aleut baskets and weaving, Between 1816 and 1817
- Copy photograph of lithograph of the port of Unalaska, Between 1816 and 1817
- Copy photograph of lithograph of sea lions at St. George Island, Between 1816 and 1817
- Copy photograph of lithograph of sea lions on St. Paul Island, Between 1816 and 1817
- Copy photograph of lithograph showing three Yupik men with facial tattoos, tonsured hair and beaded ornaments from St. Lawrence Island, Between 1816 and 1817
- Two Yupik men, one playing a drum and the other with tonsured hair, inside a dwelling on Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska, Between 1816 and 1817
- Copy photograph of lithograph of Yupik boat and frame from St. Lawrence Island, Between 1816 and 1817
- Copy photograph of lithograph of Yupik arms from the Bering Strait, Between 1816 and 1817
- Names and Subjects
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Photographs of Louis Choris' Illustrated Plates from Voyage Pittoresque Autour du Monde
- Dates
- approximately 1816-1817 (inclusive)18161817
- Quantity
- 1 folder (22 photographs)
- Collection Number
- PH1035
- Summary
- Photographic copies of illustrations by Louis Choris published in Voyage Pittoresque Autour du Monde, a work of seven parts published between 1821 and 1823
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries' Digital Collections website. Permission is required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.
- Languages
- English, French
Biographical Note
Louis Choris (1795-1828) was a German-Russian painter and explorer. He was appointed the official painter on a three-year scientific expedition led by Russian explorer Otto von Kotzebue in 1815. Although he did not live a long life, dying near Vera Cruz, Mexico in 1828. He is remembered for his vibrant and lively ethnographic illustrations of native peoples from the Americas and Pacific Islands.
Historical Background
In 1815, Russian naval officer Otto von Kotzebue embarked on a mission to explore and chart Oceania on behalf of the Russian Empire. Following his work in the region, he and his crew, including one Louis Choris, an illustrator, proceeded up the North American coast, charting the Alaskan coastline and documenting its inhabitants as they went. The expedition was unable to sail back to Russia through the Arctic Circle but did manage to discover and name Kotzebue Sound in northwestern Alaska. Louis Choris went on to publish his illustrations of Alaskan peoples, in addition to Hawaiians, Polynesians, American Indians of Chile and the American Southwest, and related flora and fauna, in the volume Voyage Pittoresque Autour du Monde ("A Picturesque Trip Around the World"), along with descriptions of those regions, in 1822. The book is primarily composed of a number of highly detailed lithographs based on Choris’s original watercolor paintings along with text written by J.B. Eyries.
Content Description
This collection is composed of photographs taken of lithograph plates from Voyage Pittoresque Autour du Monde , specifically those illustrating Alaskan peoples, as well as related landscapes and fauna from the region. The illustrations themselves were likely made in 1816 or 1817, on the voyage commanded by Otto von Kotzebue, and were later published in Voyage Pittoresque Autour du Monde in 1822. These photographic copies were made in the late twentieth century. Some plates are not included in this collection as it currently stands, primarily those of Alaskan birds and geological formations.
Use of the Collection
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Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections at University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative Information
Arrangement
This collection is arranged according to the order the images were presented in the Voyage Pittoresque Autour du Monde , from which they were taken. The images span two separate sections of the volume, one concerning Kamchatka, Kotzebue Sound, and the land of the Chukchi people, and the other concerning the Aleutian Islands
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Description: Copy photograph of lithograph of Inupiats of Kotzbue SoundLouis Choris (Illustrator)
Plate 2 in the Kamchatka section.
Dates: Between 1816 and 1817Container: Folder 1, Item 1 -
Description: Copy photograph of lithograph of Inupiat utensils and arms from the Bering StraitLouis Choris (Illustrator)
Plate 3 in the Kamchatka section.
Scanned from copy negative.
Dates: Between 1816 and 1817Container: Folder 1, Item 2 -
Description: Copy photograph of lithograph of Inupiat ivory carvings from Kotzebue SoundLouis Choris (Illustrator)
Plate 4 in the Kamchatka section.
Scanned from copy negative.
Dates: Between 1816 and 1817Container: Folder 1, Item 3 -
Description: Copy photograph of lithograph of Inupiat carvings and sculptures for Kotzebue SoundLouis Choris (Illustrator)
Plate 5 in the Kamchatka section.
Scanned from copy negative.
Dates: Between 1816 and 1817Container: Folder 1, Item 4 -
Description: Copy photographs of lithographs of the skull of an Inupiat woman from Kotzebue SoundLouis Choris (Illustrator)
Plates 6 and 7 in the Kamchatka section.
Scanned from copy negatives.
Dates: Between 1816 and 1817Container: Folder 1, Item 5-6 -
Description: Copy photograph of lithograph of a Chukchi family and Chukchi homesLouis Choris (Illustrator)
Plate 10 in the Kamchatka section.
Dates: Between 1816 and 1817Container: Folder 1, Item 7 -
Description: Copy photograph of lithograph of three AleutsLouis Choris (Illustrator)
Plate 3 in the Aleutian Islands section.
Dates: Between 1816 and 1817Container: Folder 1, Item 8 -
Description: Copy photograph of lithograph of an Aleut man and womanLouis Choris (Illustrator)
Although marked in the book as Plate 5, this is the fourth plate in the Aleutian Islands section. The following plate is also marked as Plate 5, suggesting a printing error in the original.
Scanned from copy negative.
Dates: Between 1816 and 1817Container: Folder 1, Item 9 -
Description: Copy photograph of lithograph of Aleut hatLouis Choris (Illustrator)
Plate 5 in the Aleutian Islands section.
Scanned from copy negative.
Dates: Between 1816 and 1817Container: Folder 1, Item 10 -
Description: Copy photograph of lithograph of Aleut skullsLouis Choris (Illustrator)
Plate 6 in the Aleutian Islands section.
Scanned from copy negative.
Dates: Between 1816 and 1817Container: Folder 1, Item 11 -
Description: Copy photograph of lithograph of Oululuk (Unalaska), the principal settlement on the island of UnalaskaLouis Choris (Illustrator)
Plate 7 in the Aleutian Islands section.
Dates: Between 1816 and 1817Container: Folder 1, Item 12 -
Description: Copy photograph of lithograph of an Aleut kayak and frameLouis Choris (Illustrator)
Plate 8 in the Aleutian Islands section.
Scanned from copy negative.
Dates: Between 1816 and 1817Container: Folder 1, Item 13 -
Description: Copy photograph of lithograph of an Aleut man and woman dressed in distinctive Aleut clothesLouis Choris (Illustrator)
Plate 9 in the Aleutian Islands section.
Dates: Between 1816 and 1817Container: Folder 1, Item 14 -
Description: Copy photograph of lithograph of Aleut baskets and weavingLouis Choris (Illustrator)
Plate 10 in the Aleutian Islands section.
Scanned from copy negative.
Dates: Between 1816 and 1817Container: Folder 1, Item 15 -
Description: Copy photograph of lithograph of the port of UnalaskaLouis Choris (Illustrator)
Plate 11 in the Aleutian Islands section.
Scanned from copy negative.
Dates: Between 1816 and 1817Container: Folder 1, Item 16 -
Description: Copy photograph of lithograph of sea lions at St. George IslandLouis Choris (Illustrator)
Plate 14 in the Aleutian Islands section.
Scanned from copy negative.
Dates: Between 1816 and 1817Container: Folder 1, Item 17 -
Description: Copy photograph of lithograph of sea lions on St. Paul IslandLouis Choris (illustrator)
Plate 15 in the Aleutian Islands section.
Scanned from copy negative.
Dates: Between 1816 and 1817Container: Folder 1, Item 18 -
Description: Copy photograph of lithograph showing three Yupik men with facial tattoos, tonsured hair and beaded ornaments from St. Lawrence IslandLouis Choris (Illustrator)
Plate 16 in the Aleutian Islands section.
Dates: Between 1816 and 1817Container: Folder 1, Item 19 -
Description: Two Yupik men, one playing a drum and the other with tonsured hair, inside a dwelling on Saint Lawrence Island, AlaskaLouis Choris (illustrator)
Plate 17 in the Aleutian Islands section.
Dates: Between 1816 and 1817Container: Folder 1, Item 20 -
Description: Copy photograph of lithograph of Yupik boat and frame from St. Lawrence IslandLouis Choris (Illustrator)
Plate 18 in the Aleutian Islands section.
Scanned from copy negative.
Dates: Between 1816 and 1817Container: Folder 1, Item 21 -
Description: Copy photograph of lithograph of Yupik arms from the Bering StraitLouis Choris (Illustrator)
Plate 19 in the Aleutian Islands section.
Scanned from copy negative.
Dates: Between 1816 and 1817Container: Folder 1, Item 22
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Choris, Louis, 1795-1828
Titles within the Collection
- Voyage Pittoresque Autour du Monde
