Terms and conditions of use
New Holland: New South Wales
(Nouvelle-Hollande: Nouvelle galles du sud)
(after 1816)
plate 64 from A Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Hemisphere... by François Peron and Louis Freycinet
Medium
hand-coloured engraving
Measurements
23.8 × 31.4 cm (plate) 24.6 × 34.3 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.: 64.
inscribed in plate below image l.l.: C. A. Lesueur del.
inscribed in plate below image l.c.: J. Milbert direx.
inscribed in plate below image l.r.: Choubard sculp.
inscribed in plate below image l.c.: NOUVELLE-HOLLANDE: N.ELLE (ELLE in superscript above . ) GALLES DU SUD. / 1.ORNITHORNIQUE BRUN. (Ornithorincus Fuscus N. faemina.) Poil du dos vû de face (5.) ed Profil (6.) / 2. ORNITHORINQUE ROUX. (Ornithorincus Rufus N. Mas.) Poil du dos vû de face (7.) de Profil (8.) 3. Tête de l’Orinthorinque Brun mâle sortant des Roseaux. / 4. Dessous de la queue de l’Orinthorinque roux fémelle, moutraut l'ouverture commune aux organs génitaux, aux excrémens et aux urines.
inscribed in plate (in image): (numbers 1 to 4)
inscribed in plate below image l.l.: numbers 5 to 6, beside vertical linear diagrams)
inscribed in plate below image l.r.: (numbers 7 to 8, beside vertical linear diagrams)
Accession Number
2005.354
Departments
Australian Prints / Australian Prints & Drawings
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