Ships - Arctic ice floes
Primary Artist
Leon-Jean-Baptiste Sabatier (–1887)
Title
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 23.
Category
Print type
planographic
Technique
lithograph, printed in black ink from one stone
Matrix size
29.8 x 47.0 cm (image)
Support
white wove paper
Support size
36.0 x 55.0 cm (sheet)
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Titled printed, below image 'LES CORVETTES BLOQUEES DANS LES GLACES DE LA BANQUISE, 7 ET 8 FEVRIER 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 123'. Inscribed lower right, below image, 'Imp. par Lemercier, a Paris'. Inscribed below image, 'Gide Editeur'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower right, in black pencil, verso 'N04/OSR'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
133062
Accession number
2005.1125
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) French | Male | artist
SABATIER, Leon Jean Baptiste.. | (–1887) Male | artist