Primary Artist

Louis Le Breton (1818–1866)

Title

Echouage des corvettes dans le Canal Mauvais, Detroit de Torres [The grounding of the corvettes in the Canal Mauvais, Torres Strait]

Date made

1846

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),

Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone

Text printed from matrix

Titled centre below image 'ECHOUAGE DES CORVETTES DANS LE CANAL MAUVAIS/(Detroit de Torres)'. Inscribed centre below image 'Gide editeur'. Inscribed lower left below image 'Dessine par L. LeBreton, lith par Mayer'. Titled upper left 'VOYAGE AU POLE SUD ET DANS L'OCEANIE'. Inscribed upper right 'ATLAS PITTORESQUE, PL.187.' Inscribed lower right, below image 'Lith. de Thierry freres, Paris'.

Matrix size

27.2 x 39.8 cm (printed image)

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject categories

Voyages of exploration and discovery 1600-1900: French | Australia, Art period: Colonial, Queensland

Legacy id

133069

Creators

Le Breton, Louis. | (1818–1866) French | Male | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013