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Seafaring and fishing, Timor

François-Martin TESTARD (engraver), Charles-Alexandre LESUEUR (after)
Seafaring and fishing, Timor
(Barque malaise à l'ancre; mature triangulaire en bambou; voile en natte serrée Piroque malaise simple, à balanciers, vue de face; pagayes pour les rameurs)
 1824
plate 49 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
24.2 × 31.9 cm (plate) 27.2 × 35.6 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.: 49
printed in ink in margin c.l.: 1 .
printed in ink in margin l.l.: 2 .
printed in ink in image: (letters a-i, k-m)
printed below image l.l.-l.r.: C.A. Lesneur del. J.Milbert direx. Testard sculp.
printed in ink below image, l.c.: TIMOR. / PÊCHE ET NAVIGATION . (Voyez l'Explicat.on (on in superscript above . ) des Planches . ) / De l'Imprimerie de Langlois .

Accession Number
2010.96.50

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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