Incendie des cabanes du Chef Tahofa, sur l'ile Onéata. (Tonga-Tabou). (Burning of the huts of Chief Tahofa on the island of Onéata (Tonga-Tabou))

Primary Artist

Louis de Sainson (1801–1887)

Title

Incendie des cabanes du Chef Tahofa, sur l'ile Onéata. (Tonga-Tabou). (Burning of the huts of Chief Tahofa on the island of Onéata (Tonga-Tabou))

Source

From Dumont D'Urville, Jules. Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe... Atlas [Historique]. Paris: J. Tastu, 1833

Page or Plate number

plate 91.

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),

Date made

1833

Place made

Europe, France, Ile-de-France, Paris View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone

Matrix size

21.4 x 30.7 cm (printed image)

Support

cream wove paper

Support size

35.0 x 54.6 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production

Printer's blindstamp lower centre below image 'VOYAGE illeg/J.DUMONT D'URVILLE/COMMANDANT/J.T.' and infinity symbol.

IRN

128050

Accession number

2003.427

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 1, 2003/2004 (2003-08-15)

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from the Cabinet of Discoveries, Canberra, August 2003.

Credit line

Purchased 2003

Subject category

Voyages of exploration and discovery 1600-1900: French

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Vander Burch, Hippolyte. | Male | lithographer

Lemercier Benard et Cie. | (1837–1880) Organisation | printer

Dumont-D'Urville, Jules Sébastien César. | (1790–1842) French | Male | author

Sainson, Louis de. | (1801–1887) French | Male | print after

Adam, Victor Jean. | (1801–1866) French | Male | lithographer

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013