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C1842
Etablissement Anglais a Port-Essington.
Artist:
Emile Lassale (1813 - 1871)
Dumont d’Urville visited Raffles Bay in the corvettes Astrolabe and Zelee between 27 March and 6 April 1839 whilst on his final voyage, which resulted in the discovery of Antarctica as a continent. Located at the eastern end of the … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Etablissement Anglais a Port-Essington.
Date:
C1842
Artist:
Emile Lassale (1813 - 1871)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured lithograph.
Image Size:
390mm
x 260mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1842
Description:
Dumont d’Urville visited Raffles Bay in the corvettes Astrolabe and Zelee between 27 March and 6 April 1839 whilst on his final voyage, which resulted in the discovery of Antarctica as a continent. Located at the eastern end of the Cobourg Peninsula, Raffles Bay was the site of the second abortive attempt at settlement on the northern coastline of Australia. It was named by Phillip Parker King in 1818 after Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore. Like Flinders before him, d’Urville made contact with the Maccassar trepanging fleet and visited their encampment. Dumont D’Urville arrived at Victoria Settlement, commonly known as Port Essington, only five months after its establishment. The government intended that Port Essington be established as a major trading port like Singapore. Unfortunately, this attempt also failed and the settlement was finally abandoned in 1849. From Voyage au Pole Sud et dans L’Oceanie.
Artist:
Emile Lassale (1813-1871)
Lassalle, was born on 30 December 1813 in Bordeaux and died on 2 February 1871 (at 57) in Paris, and was a French painter and lithographer. He was a student of Pierre Lacour and frequently exhibited at the Salon, between 1834 and 1869, lithographs of scenes of genres, portraits and paintings by masters. He obtained a third-class medal in 1847 and a first-class medal in 1848, followed by reminders in 1857, 1859 and 1861. In 1851 he was a publisher at 38 rue de la Tour d’Auvergne in Paris. He was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor in 1861.
