Primary Artist

Louis de Sainson (1801–1887)

Title

Le Havre aux Huitres, dans le Port du Roi Georges. (N'elle. Hollande). [Oyster Bay - King George Sound].

Source

Dumont D'Urville. Jules. 'Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe'. Paris: J. Tastu, 1833

Page or Plate number

plate 19

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),

Date made

1833

Place made

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

Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone

Matrix size

22.9 x 37.4 cm (printed image)

Support

white wove paper

Support size

33.2 x 49.4 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed lower right verso in black pencil, 'N04 / TRR'

Subject description

A group of three Aboriginal Australians standing at the edge of the sea pointing at a European sailing ship at Oyster Bay, Western Australia.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

133137

Accession number

2005.1107

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 categories

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

Creators

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

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013