Primary Artist

Louis Le Breton (1818–1866)

Title

Torres Strait - Clamshell reservoirs

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 185

Place made

Europe, France, Ile-de-France, Paris View on map Close map

Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone

Matrix size

28.2 x 23.0 cm (printed image)

Support

white wove paper

Support size

43.2 x 32.0 cm (sheet)

Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production

Publishers 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

133049

Accession number

2005.1127

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