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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

Measurements
15.0 × 20.4 cm (image) 24.5 × 31.7 cm (plate) 28.0 × 37.1 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.: 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

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