Title

Wallpaper strips from Les Sauvages de la mer Pacifique [The Voyages of Captain Cook].

Other titles

The Voyages of Captain Cook

Date made

1805

Place made

Europe, France, Burgundy, Mâcon View on map Close map

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

woodblock, printed in colour, from multiple blocks

Support

paper

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

118477

Accession number

83.1524.4

Accession method

Auction

Meeting

Meeting 8, 1982/83 (1983-03-07)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Sotheby Parke Bernet, Monaco, 1993.

Credit line

Purchased from admission charges, 1982-83

Country of context

Australia

Notes

The 20 lengths were purchased in five compositional groups now re grouped in 3 panels. See Conservation files for more information.

Creators

Charvet, Jean-Gabriel. | (1750–1829) French | Male | designer

Dufour et Cie. | (1797–1827) French | Organisation | printer