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C1797
Costumes des Habitans de Manille. (Philippines)
Artist:
Gaspard Duche de Vancy (1756 - 1788)
Famous engraving of the Philippines. Artist appointed on the expedition commanded by La Perouse. He sailed in La Boussole, which left Brest (France) on 1 August 1785. La perouse arrived at Botany Bay, on the 24th January 1788, entering on … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Costumes des Habitans de Manille. (Philippines)
Date:
C1797
Artist:
Gaspard Duche de Vancy (1756 - 1788)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving.
Image Size:
395mm
x 250mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1797
Description:
Famous engraving of the Philippines.
Artist appointed on the expedition commanded by La Perouse. He sailed in La Boussole, which left Brest (France) on 1 August 1785. La perouse arrived at Botany Bay, on the 24th January 1788, entering on 26 January just as the British were leaving for Sydney Cove.
From, ‘ Voyage de La Perouse autour du monde, publie conformement au decret du 22 avril 1791.
Biography:
Gaspard Duche de Vancy (1756–1788)
Duche de Vancy was a French C18th artist, brought up in Vienna. He exhibited in the Paris Salon of Young Artists (1781) and also at London’s Royal Academy (1784).
