Ships - Arctic ice floes

Primary Artist

Leon-Jean-Baptiste Sabatier (–1887)

Title

Ships - Arctic ice floes

Source

Dumont D'Urville, Jules. 'Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Oceanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zelee...Atlas [Pittoresque]'. Paris: Gide, 1841-1855.

Page or Plate number

plate 23.

Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in black ink from one stone

Matrix size

29.8 x 47.0 cm (image)

Support

white wove paper

Support size

36.0 x 55.0 cm (sheet)

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Titled printed, below image 'LES CORVETTES BLOQUEES DANS LES GLACES DE LA BANQUISE, 7 ET 8 FEVRIER 1838/(Parages Antarctiques)'.'. Titled printed, upper left above image, 'VOYAGE AU POLE SUD ET DANS L'OCEANIE'. Inscribed lower left below image 'Dessine par E.Goupil. Lith par Sabatier. Navires par Mayer'.

Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production

Inscribed upper right, above image, 'ATLAS PITTORESQUE PL 123'. Inscribed lower right, below image, 'Imp. par Lemercier, a Paris'. Inscribed below image, 'Gide Editeur'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed lower right, in black pencil, verso 'N04/OSR'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

133062

Accession number

2005.1125

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 3, 2005/2006 (2005-12-07)

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from the Cabinet of Discoveries, Canberra, December 2005.

Credit line

Purchased 2005

Subject category

Voyages of exploration and discovery 1600-1900: French

Creators

SABATIER, Leon-Jean-Baptiste. | (–1887) French | Male | artist

SABATIER, Leon Jean Baptiste.. | (–1887) Male | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013