VICTOR (engraver), Jean-Gabriel PRÊTRE (draughtsman)
Southern sea lion, female
(Otarie Australe, Femelle)
published 1830
plate 14 from Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe execute par ordre du roi, pendant les annees 1826-1827-1828-1829 (Voyage of the Corvette Astrolabe executed by order of the King, during the years 1826-1827-1828-1829), Zoologie atlas volume, by Dumont D'Urville, published by Joseph Tastu, Paris, 1830

Medium
engraving

Measurements
10.5 × 31.5 cm irreg. (image) 27.0 × 40.8 cm (plate) 34.7 × 52.4 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John McPhee through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2026

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Paris, France

Inscription
printed in ink u.l.: Voyage de l’Astrolabe. – ZOOLOGIE.
printed in ink u.r.: MAMMIFÈRES. – Pl. 14.
printed in ink l.l.: J.G. Prêtre pinx.
printed in ink l.r.: Victor sc.
printed in ink l.c.: OTARIE AUSTRALE, FEMELLE, / (NOUVELLE-HOLLANDE.)
printed in ink l.l.: J. Tastu édit.

Accession Number
2026.282

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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