Torres Strait Islander heads.
Primary Artist
Jules Sébastien César Dumont-D'Urville (1790–1842)
Title
Source
Dumont D'Urville, Jules. Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Oceanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zelee...Atlas [Anthropologie]. Paris: Gide, 1841-1855.
Page or Plate number
plate 16
Date made
1846
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
28.2 x 35.8 cm (printed image)
Support
white wove paper
Support size
35.8 x 54.8 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Titled printed, within image (left) 'KAOUR NATUREL DE L'ILE TOUD/Detroit de Torres'. Titled printed, within image (right) 'KAOUR-IGA NATUREL DE L'ILE TOUD/Detroit de Torres'. Titled upper left within image, 'VOYAGE AU POLE SUD ET DANS L'OCEANIE'. Inscribed lower centre within image, 'Lithographie par leveille d'apres les bustes moules sur nature photographies par Bisson,/sous la Direction de Mr le Dr Dumoutier'.
Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production
Print workshop blindstamp lower centre, below image, 'GIDE/Editeur/Paris'. Inscribed lower left within image 'Gide Editeur'. Inscribed upper right, within image, 'ANTHROPOLOGIE PL 16'. Inscribed lower right, within image, 'Lith: de Thierry freres a Paris'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
133034
Accession number
2005.1113
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
Dumont-D'Urville, Jules Sébastien César. | (1790–1842) French | Male | artist
Last Updated
11 Jan 2013