Nouvelle Hollande: Baie des Chiens-marins Presque île Peron , entrevue avec les sauvages [New Holland: Shark Bay, Peron Peninsula. Meeting with the savages]
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Title
Source
Freycinet, Louis de. 'Voyage autour du monde... Atlas historique', Paris: Pillet Aîné, 1825
Page or Plate number
plate 12
Reference
Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),
Date made
1825
Place made
Europe, France, Ile-de-France, Paris View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate; hand-coloured at a later date
Support
off-white wove paper
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression with later hand-colouring
Edition information
print run unknown
Subject description
An encounter between Western Australian Aboriginal people and a French exploring party at Shark Bay, September 1818
IRN
204615
Accession number
2010.1018
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 2, 2010/2011 (2010-10-26)
Provenance
Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Marie Louise Wordsworth, Perth, October 2010.
Credit line
The Wordsworth Collection, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, purchased 2010
Subject categories
Aboriginal Australians | Voyages of exploration and discovery 1600-1900: French | Australia, Art period: Colonial, Western Australia | Collection: The Wordsworth collection of Western Australian colonial art, acquired 2010.
Last Updated
09 Jan 2013