Bichebois, Louis Philippe Alphonse (sold)
Louis Philippe Alphonse Bichebois (April 14, 1801 – April 17, 1851) was a French engraver and lithographer who specialized in depictions of landscapes and studied under Jean-Baptiste Regnault and Jean-Charles-Joseph Rémond.
Monument to Captain James Cook in Hawaii, visited by a later expedition.
Monument élevé à Hawaii au Capitaine Cook, Iles Sandwich / [Monument raised in Hawaii to Captain Cook, Sandwich Islands].
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This is a c. 1845 lithograph view of Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii (Sandwich Islands) illustrating a memorial to Captain James Cook, erected roughly where he was killed in 1779. The view was sketched by Théodore Auguste Fisquet, one of the resident artists on the Bonite expedition, a French scientific and diplomatic voyage around the world in 1836 - 1837. (more details)