Primary Artist

Louis Le Breton (1818–1866)

Title

Pirogue des naturels de L'ile Toud, Detroit de Torres [Canoe of the natives of Tudu Island, 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 'PIROGUE DES NATURELS DE L'ILE TOUD/(Detroit de Torres)'. Inscribed centre below image 'Gide editeur'. Inscribed lower left below image 'Dessine par L. LeBreton, Lithe par P. Blanchard '. Titled upper left 'VOYAGE AU POLE SUD ET DANS L'OCEANIE'. Inscribed upper right 'ATLAS PITTORESQUE, PL.190.' Inscribed lower right, below image 'Lith. de Thierry freres, Paris'.

Matrix size

16.6 x 30.0 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

133070

Creators

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

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013