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Caves, hunting and fishing by the Port Jackson natives, New South Wales Saltwater pools on the Vasse River, Native huts in Geographe Bay, Leeuwin Land.

August DELVAUX (engraver), Charles-Alexandre LESUEUR (after)
Caves, hunting and fishing by the Port Jackson natives, New South Wales Saltwater pools on the Vasse River, Native huts in Geographe Bay, Leeuwin Land.
(Grottes, chasse et peche des sauvages du port Jackson, a Nouvelle-Hollande Etangs salés de la rivière Vasse. Cabanesdes suavages de la baie du Géographe, à la terre de Leuwin)
 1824
plate 31 in the Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes (Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands) atlas. Arthus Bertrand, Paris, 1824, 2nd edition

Medium
engraving and etching

Measurements
9.4 × 17.4 (top image) 9.7 × 17.3 cm (bottom image) 32.1 × 24.4 cm (plate) 35.2 × 26.7 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Joe White Bequest, 2010

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Paris, France

Inscription
printed in ink above image u.r.: 31
top image: printed in ink below image l.l.-l.r.: C.A. Lesneur delin.t (t in superscript above . ) Devilliers J.aquâ forti. A. Delvaux Scult.t (t in superscript above . )
printed in ink below image l.c.: NOUVELLE-HOLLANDE : NOUVELLE-GALLES DU SUD. / Grottes, chasse et pêche des sauvages du Port-Jackson.
bottom image: printed in ink below image l.l.-l.r.: C.A. Lesneur delin.t (t in superscript above . ) Devilliers J.aquâ forti. A. Delvaux Scult.t (t in superscript above . )
printed in ink below image l.c.: NOUVELLE-HOLLANDE : TERRE DE LEUWIN . / Etangs salés de la Rivière Vasse; Cabanes des sauvages de la Baie du Géographe .

Accession Number
2010.96.32

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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