Port du Roi Georges. Nouvelle-Hollande. Un naturel montre a ses Compagnons les Cadeaux qu'elil a recus a bord de L'Astrolabe. (St George's Sound. New Holland- a native showing his companions the presents received on board the Astrolabe.)
Primary Artist
Louis de Sainson (1801–1887)
Title
Source
Dumont D'Urville. Jules. 'Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe'. Paris: J. Tastu, 1833
Page or Plate number
plate 23
Reference
Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),
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 34.6 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 by artist or designated agent
Title printed, lower centre below image, 'PORT DU ROI GEORGES./ (Nouvelle-Hollande)/ Un naturel montre a ses Compagnons les Cadeaux qu'elil a recus a bord de L'Astrolabe.' Inscribed. lower left below image 'de Sainson pinx'.
Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production
Printed lower left, below image 'J. Tastu Editeur.' Printed lower right, below image 'N.Maurin del / Lith. de Langlume .' Printed top right, above image 'Pl 23.' Blindstamped lower centre 'Voyage de L'Astrolabe/J.DUMONT D'URVILLE/COMMANDANT/*J.T.*'
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed, lower right, verso, in black pencil, 'NO4/ORR'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
133139
Accession number
2005.1105
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, Western Australia
Creators
Sainson, Louis de. | (1801–1887) French | Male | artist