Vue du phare du Port Jackson (Nouvelle Galles du Sud). (View of the lighthouse at Port Jackson)
Primary Artist
Louis de Sainson (1801–1887)
Title
Vue du phare du Port Jackson (Nouvelle Galles du Sud). (View of the lighthouse at Port Jackson)
Source
Dumont D'Urville, Jules. Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe... Atlas [Historique]. Paris: J. Tastu, 1833
Page or Plate number
plate 26
Reference
Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),
Date made
1833
Date details
1839, printed
Place made
Europe, France, Ile-de-France, Paris View on map Close map
Category
Print type
planographic
Technique
lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone
Matrix size
23.2 x 37.6 cm (image)
Support
wove paper
Support size
34.6 x 51.4 cm (sheet)
State
2nd state; published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Subject description
Coastal scene of people at the Macquarie lighthouse, South Head, Sydney designed by Francis Greenway with dramatic light streaming through clouds.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
58179
Accession number
86.1968
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 2, 1986/87 (1986-09-09)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from the Joshua McClelland Print Room, Melbourne, 1986.
Credit line
Purchased from Gallery admission charges 1986
Subject categories
Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales | Voyages of exploration and discovery 1600-1900: French
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Sainson, Louis de. | (1801–1887) French | Male | artist
Last Updated
11 Jan 2013