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C1808
(1824)
Nouvelle-Hollande: Nouvelle-Galles du Sud. Grottes, chasse et peche des sauvages du Port-Jackson.
Early image showing a group of Eora Aborigines in Sydney harbour fishing and hunting near a cave or rock overhang. Charles Alexander Lesueur was the artist on the Baudin voyage of exploration that visited Sydney in 1803. Translation of title … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Nouvelle-Hollande: Nouvelle-Galles du Sud. Grottes, chasse et peche des sauvages du Port-Jackson.
Date:
C1808
(1824)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving hand coloured
Image Size:
171mm
x 92mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1824
Description:
Early image showing a group of Eora Aborigines in Sydney harbour fishing and hunting near a cave or rock overhang. Charles Alexander Lesueur was the artist on the Baudin voyage of exploration that visited Sydney in 1803. Translation of title ‘The caves and fishing of the natives of Port’.
From the rare second edition of Voyage de decouvertes aux terres australes, atlas issued in 1824. This edition contained additional engravings not found in the first 1807 edition.
Charles Alexander Lesueur (1778 - 1846)
French natural history and topographical artist on board the lavishly equipped scientific expedition prepared by the Institut de France with the ambitions to explore the southern parts of the Eastern Hemisphere, in two corvettes, Geographe and the Naturaliste. Lesueur was taken on not as an artist or scientist but as an assistant gunner. Nichloas Baudin the commander of the expedition soon discovered Lesueur's talents and employed him as an illustrator for his private journal. His prolific output and the quality of his drawings during this important voyage is a testament to his artistic talents.
