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Vessels, weapons and fishing implements used by the natives of New South Wales.

Vessels, weapons and fishing implements used by the natives of New South Wales.
(Vases, armes at ustensiles pour la peche, a l'usage des sauvages de la Nouvelle-Galles du Sud)
 1824
plate 30 in the Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes (Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands) atlas. Arthus Bertrand, Paris, 1824, 2nd edition

Medium
hand-coloured engraving
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Joe White Bequest, 2010
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
hand-coloured engraving
Measurements
31.5 × 24.3 cm (plate) 36.1 × 27.6 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
printed in ink above image u.r.: 30
printed below in image l.l.-l.r.: C.A. Lesneur del. J.Milbert direx. Dien sculp.
printed in ink below ink l.c.: NOUVELLE-HOLLANDE . / VASES, ARMES, PÊCHE .
printed in ink below image l.c.l.: 1. Sagaïs de trait . / 2. Instrument à lancer la Sagaïs vû / de profil : 2.a (a in superscript above . ) le même du face . / 9. Vase d'écorce . 9.a (a in superscript above . ) Vase de Bois .
printed in ink below image l.c.: 3. Sagaïs de main . / 4. Sagaïs de pêche, supposée brisée. / 5. Casse-Têtes de différents formes. / 10. Hameçons de Coquillages.
printed in ink below image l.c.r.: 6. Sabre à ricochet . / 7. & 7.a (a in superscript above . ) Bouclier vû sur ses deux faces . / 8. Hache de pierre . / 11. Rame .
Accession Number
2010.96.31
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Joe White Bequest, 2010
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display

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