File:Jacques Arago - Ooro, one of the principal chiefs of Ouriouriou. King of the Sandwich Islands.jpg

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English: Engraving after Jacques Etienne Victor Arago (1790-1855): Ooro, one of the principal chiefs of Ouriouriou. King of the Sandwich Islands. [1823]. Reference Number: A-112-011. Head and shoulders portrait of a Hawaian chief, possibly from Oahu, his back and shoulder to the viewer, his head twisted round, his eyes raised. He has tattooing on his face and back and a front tooth missing (an initiation rite).
Engraving, 10.8 x 8.2 in, from Arago, J. Narrative of a Voyage Round the World in the Uranie and Physicienne Corvettes. London: 1823.
Date circa 1819
date QS:P,+1819-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
, published in 1823
Source National Library of New Zealand
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Jacques Arago  (1790–1855)  wikidata:Q117913 s:ru:Жак Араго
 
Jacques Arago
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legal name: Jacques Étienne Victor Arago
Description French writer, playwright, cartoonist, explorer, novelist and memoirist
Date of birth/death 10 March 1790 Edit this at Wikidata 27 November 1855 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Estagel Rio de Janeiro
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creator QS:P170,Q117913
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