New Victoria (Port Essington)
Primary Artist
Louis Le Breton (1818–1866)
Title
Source
Dumont D'Urville, Jules. 'Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Oceanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zelee...Atlas [Pittoresque]'. Paris: Gide, 1841-1855.
Page or Plate number
plate 120
Place made
France View on map Close map
Category
Print type
planographic
Technique
lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone
Matrix size
19.8 x 31.0 cm (printed image)
Support
white wove paper
Support size
34.8 x 54.4 cm (sheet)
Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production
Blindstamped, lower centre 'GIDE/Editeur/Paris'.
Subject description
View of Victoria Settlement, popularly known as Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia. The settlement was established in 1831 and abandoned in 1849.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
133064
Accession number
2005.1112
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, Northern Territory
Creators
Le Breton, Louis. | (1818–1866) French | Male | artist
Last Updated
11 Jan 2013