Arctic iceberg
Primary Artist
Leon-Jean-Baptiste Sabatier (–1887)
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 17.
Category
Print type
planographic
Technique
lithograph, printed in black ink from one stone
Matrix size
30.6 x 48.0 cm (image)
Support
white wove paper
Support size
35.4 x 51.0 cm (sheet)
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Titled printed, below image 'COUP DE VENT DEVANT LES ILES POWEL/Le 28 Janvier 1838. (parages Antarctiques)'. Titled printed, upper left above image, 'VOYAGE AU POLE SUD ET DANS L'OCEANIE'. Inscribed lower left below image 'Dessine par E.Goupil. Lith par Sabatier. Navires par Mayer'.
Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production
Inscribed upper right, above image, 'ATLAS PITTORESQUE PL 17'. Inscribed lower right, below image, 'Imp. Lemercier, Benard & Ce'. Inscribed below image, 'Gide Editeur'. Print workshop blind stamp, lower centre left. 'GIDE/Editeur/Paris'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
133060
Accession number
2005.1126
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 category
Voyages of exploration and discovery 1600-1900: French
Creators
SABATIER, Leon Jean Baptiste.. | (–1887) Male | artist
SABATIER, Leon-Jean-Baptiste. | (–1887) French | Male | artist