Habitation de pecheurs de phoques au Port Western. (House of the seal fishermen, Western Port)
Primary Artist
Louis de Sainson (1801–1887)
Title
Habitation de pecheurs de phoques au Port Western. (House of the seal fishermen, Western Port)
Source
Dumont D'Urville. Jules. 'Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe'. Paris: J. Tastu, 1833
Page or Plate number
plate 21
Reference
Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),
Date made
1833
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; hand-coloured and with varnished highlights
Matrix size
21.8 x 30.8 cm (printed image)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
32.1 x 38.7 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Subject description
Coastal scene of seal fishermen's hut on hill and men carrying dead seal from beach, Western Port, Victoria.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
42374
Accession number
86.647
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1985/86 (1986-02-11)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Spencer Scott Sandilands, Melbourne, February 1986.
Credit line
Purchased from Gallery admission charges 1985
Subject categories
Australia, Art period: Colonial, Victoria | Voyages of exploration and discovery 1600-1900: French
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Sainson, Louis de. | (1801–1887) French | Male | print after