Title

Cigne noir du Cap de Diemen. [Black swan of Cape Diemen]

Other titles

Black swan of Cape Diemen

Date made

1800

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed text lower left, 'Piron delin.'. Printed text lower right, 'Peree Sculp.'. Printed text lower right corner, 'Dien Scripsit'. Printed title lower centre below image, 'CIGNE NOIR DU CAP DE DIEMEN.'. Printed text lower right side vertical, 'Atlas du Voyage a la recherche de la Perouse, No.9'. No date.

Matrix size

31.2 x 44.8 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject categories

Voyages of exploration and discovery 1600-1900: French | Australia, Art period: Colonial, Western Australia | Australia, Animal: Bird, Black swan

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

118832

Creators

Peree, Jacques Louis. | (1769–) French | Male | engraver

DIEN | French | publisher

Jean Hubert Piron | (1767–1796) French | Male | print after

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013