Bidspirit auction | Perkins, Hawaii - Crater of

Perkins, Hawaii - Crater of Kilauea - This unique lithograph is from Edward Perkins's Na Motu: or, Reef-Rovings in the South Seas . It was published in 1854 in New York City by Pudney & Russell. To attain the subject matter for this plate, Perkins sailed aboard an American whaling ship. He gathered information on life throughout the Pacific and provided one of the first accounts of surfing by a Westerner and even tried it himself, providing detailed accounts. Paper Size: ~ 8 5/8” by 5 3/8” Paper Type or Special Features: Lithograph with Professional Hand-coloring