Primary Artist

Louis de Sainson (1801–1887)

Title

Baie Jervis. Nouvelle Hollande. (Jervis Bay, New Holland).

Date made

1833

Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone

Text printed from matrix

Title printed lower centre below image, 'BAIE JERVIS./(Nouvelle Hollande).' Inscribed lower left below image, 'de Sainson pinx'. Printed lower left below image, 'Tastu, Editeur.' Printed lower right below image, 'Lith, de Lemercier A. St. Aulaire lith.' Printed top right above image, 'Pl 25.'

Matrix size

22.8 x 33.8 cm (printed image)

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject categories

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

Subject description

View of the French exploration ship 'Astrolabe' moored in Jervis Bay, New South Wales. On the beach a sailor is talking to a two Australian Aboriginal men while another sits close by. Another three sailors can be seen on a distictive rock formation (that no longer exists) on the right.

Legacy id

133140

Creators

Sainson, Louis de. | (1801–1887) French | Male | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013