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Seafaring
(Navigation)
 1824
plate 34 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
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Joe White Bequest, 2010
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
engraving and etching
Measurements
15.0 × 20.4 cm (image) 24.5 × 31.7 cm (plate) 28.0 × 37.1 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
printed in ink above image u.r.: 34
printed in ink below image: C.A. Lesnueur del. J.Milbert direx. Fortier sculp. / NOUVELLE-HOLLANDE : N.ELLE (ELLE in superscript above . ) GALLES DU SUD . / NAVIGATION . / Les Oiseaux qui courent à la surface des eaux sont des Cygnes noirs. L'Abre au pied duquel se trouvent deux Sauvages , est un Casuarina ; tous les autres sont des Eucalyptus .
Accession Number
2010.96.35
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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