Terms and conditions of use
New Holland: Kangaroo Island. Details of the emu of New Holland
(Nouvelle Hollande: Île decrès. Détails du Casoar de la Nouvelle Hollande)
(1807-1816)
plate 41 from A Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Hemisphere... by François Peron and Louis Freycinet. L'Imprimerie Impèriale, Paris 1807-16
Medium
hand-coloured engraving
Measurements
23.7 × 31.5 cm (plate) 26.3 × 35.0 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through the NGV Foundation by John Baird, Member, 2005
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
inscribed in plate above image u.r.: XLI.
inscribed in plate below image (in image) l.l.: C. A. Lesueur del.
inscribed in plate below image (in image) l.c.: J. Milbert direx.
inscribed in plate below image (in image) l.r.: F.res (res in superscript above . ) Lambert sculp.
inscribed in plate below image l.c.: NOUVELLE-HOLLANDE: ILE DECRÈS. / Détails du Casoar de la Nouvelle Hollande. (Voyez la Pl. XXXVI.) / 1. Bec. 1/2 grandeur Naturelle. 2. Une Plume du dos grandeur N.elle (elle in superscript above . ) 3. Extrémité de l’aile armée de son piquant ½ g.r (r in superscript above . ) N.elle (elle in superscript above . ) 4. Une Jeune plume de Croupion. / 5. Une Plume parfaite du Croupion 2/3 de g.r (r in superscript above . ) N.elle (elle in superscript above . ) 6. Plume du dos d'un très-Jeune Casoar g.r (r in superscript above . ) N.elle (elle in superscript above . ) / De l'Imprimerie de Langlois.
inscribed in plate (in image): (numbers 1 to 6)
Accession Number
2005.353
Departments
Australian Prints / Australian Prints & Drawings
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