Baie Jervis. Nouvelle Hollande. (Jervis Bay, New Holland).
Primary Artist
Louis de Sainson (1801–1887)
Title
Baie Jervis. Nouvelle Hollande. (Jervis Bay, New Holland).
Source
Dumont D'Urville. Jules. 'Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe'. Paris: J. Tastu, 1833
Page or Plate number
plate 25
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
Matrix size
22.8 x 33.8 cm (printed image)
Support
white wove paper
Support size
33.1 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, 'NO4/TRR'.
Subject description
View of the French exploration ship 'Astrolabe' moored in Jervis Bay, New South Wales. On the beach a sailor is talking to a two Australian Aboriginal men while another sits close by. Another three sailors can be seen on a distictive rock formation (that no longer exists) on the right.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
133140
Accession number
2005.1106
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
Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales | Voyages of exploration and discovery 1600-1900: French
Creators
Sainson, Louis de. | (1801–1887) French | Male | artist
Last Updated
11 Jan 2013