Primary Artist

Louis Le Breton (1818–1866)

Title

Monuments funeraires de I'ile Toud (Detroit de Torres). [Torres Strait Island funerary monument]

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 189

Place made

France View on map Close map

Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in black ink from one stone

Matrix size

18.4 x 33.8 cm (printed image)

Support

white wove paper

Support size

34.9 x 48.0 cm (sheet)

Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production

Print workshop blindstamp, lower centre 'GIDE/Editeur/Paris'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed lower right in black pencil, verso, 'N04/FV'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

133058

Accession number

2005.1118

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

Le Breton, Louis. | (1818–1866) French | Male | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013