Title

Cigne noir du Cap de Diemen. [Black swan of Cape Diemen]

Other titles

Black swan of Cape Diemen

Source

From Labillardiere, Jacques Julien Houton de. Atlas pour servir a` la relation du voyage a` la recherche de La Pe´rouse....Paris: Chez H.J. Jansen, 1800

Page or Plate number

plate 9

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),

Date made

1800

Place made

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

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Matrix size

31.2 x 44.8 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream laid paper

Support size

33.0 x 48.2 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

watermark: centre, 'EROL'/ illegible 'RT'

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

118832

Accession number

90.1699

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 4, 1990/91 (1990-12-13)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, 1990.

Credit line

Purchased 1990

Subject categories

Voyages of exploration and discovery 1600-1900: French | Australia, Art period: Colonial, Western Australia | Australia, Animal: Bird, Black swan

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Peree, Jacques Louis. | (1769–) French | Male | engraver

DIEN | French | publisher

Jean Hubert Piron | (1767–1796) French | Male | print after

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013