Terms and conditions of use
Molluscs and zoophytes
(Mollusques et zoophytes)
(1807-1816)
plate 31 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
(30.6 × 21.8 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.: XXXI.
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.c.: MOLLUSQUES ET ZOOPHYTES. / 1. BEROE Macrostomus N. 2. MEDUSA Panopyra N. 3. SALPA Vivipara N. 4. JANTHINA Penicephala N. 5. HYLAEA Australis N. / 6. PORPITA Gigantea N. vue un dessus: En dessous 6a. (a in superscript above . ): Disque intérieur en dessus 6b. (b in superscript above . ): Partie grossie 6c. (c in superscript above . ): Disque vû par dessous 6d. (d in superscript above . ): Partie grossie 6e. (e in superscript above . ) / De l'Imprimerie de Langlois.
inscribed in plate (in image): (numbers 1 to 6, 6a to 6e)
Accession Number
2005.349
Departments
Australian Prints / Australian Prints & Drawings
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