Primary Artist

Francois Godefroy (1743–1819)

Title

Quadrupede nomme Kanguroo, trouve sur la cote de la Nle Hollande.

Source

French edition of cook's voyages 1774 or later

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),

Date made

1764 – c. 1774

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Text printed from matrix

printed upper left above border line, 'Hist. des Voyages Tom 20 in 40. Page 518.
printed upper right above border line, 'Tome IV. Pl 2'.
printed lower right below border line, 'Godefroy Dir'.
printed below image 'Quadrupede nomme KANGUROO, trouve sur la Cote de la Nle. Hollande. / Hist. des Voyages Tom. 8o in 12 pag. 116'.

Support

thin cream wove paper

Support size

27.2 x 20.6 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

print run unknown

IRN

159054

Accession number

2010.9

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 1, 2010/2011 (2010-08-18)

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from the Cabinet of Discoveries, Canberra, 2010

Credit line

Purchased 2010

Subject categories

Voyages of exploration and discovery 1600-1900: English | Australia, Animal: Kangaroo | Australia, Art period: Pre-European settlement, to 1778

Creators

Godefroy, Francois. | (1743–1819) French | Male | engraver

Last Updated

03 Sep 2025