Arctic iceberg

Primary Artist

Leon-Jean-Baptiste Sabatier (–1887)

Title

Arctic iceberg

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

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

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013