Jacques Marescot-Duthilleul’s double portrait of chief Pe’a and his son was published in France in 1842, from sketches made during a six-day visit to Apia on Upolu, Samoa in 1838. Pe’a was matai (principal chief) of Apia, recorded in captain Dumont d’Urville’s journal as ‘Pea-Pongui’. Tragically, Marescot-Duthilleul died during the return voyage in 1839.

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