Terms and conditions of use
New Holland: Kangaroo Island. Emu of New Holland
(Nouvelle Hollande: Île Decrès. Casoar de la Nouvelle Hollande)
(1807-1816)
plate 36 from A Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Hemisphere... by François Peron and Louis Freycinet. L'Imprimerie Impèriale, Paris 1807-16
Medium
colour engraving with hand-colouring
Measurements
24.5 × 31.9 cm (plate) 26.4 × 35.5 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.: XXXVI.
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.: F.res (res in superscript above . ) Lambert sculp.
inscribed in plate below image l.l.: Dixieme de grandeur N.elle (elle in superscript above . )
inscribed in plate below image l.c.: NOUVELLE-HOLLANDE: ILE DECRÈS. / CASOAR de la N.elle (elle in superscript above . ) Hollande. (Casuarius novae Hollandiae Lath.) / 1. Casoar mâle. 2. Casoar Fémelle. 3. Jeune Casoar de 5 Semaines environ. Les deux individus marqués de bandes longitudinales sout âgés de 20 á 25 jours. / De l'lmprimerie de Langlois.
Accession Number
2005.351
Departments
Australian Prints / Australian Prints & Drawings
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