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C1824
Nouvelle-Hollande: Terre de Leuwin. Etangs sales de la riviere Vasse. Cabanesdes suavages de la baie du Geographe .
Early image by Charles Alexander Lesueur artist on the Baudin voyage of Vasse River, Western Australia, named after Thomas Timothee Vasse (1774 -1801) who was lost in the surf on the south west coast in 1801. Translation "Saltwater pools on … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Nouvelle-Hollande: Terre de Leuwin. Etangs sales de la riviere Vasse. Cabanesdes suavages de la baie du Geographe .
Date:
C1824
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
172mm
x 95mm
Paper Size:
247mm
x 172mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1824
Description:
Early image by Charles Alexander Lesueur artist on the Baudin voyage of Vasse River, Western Australia, named after Thomas Timothee Vasse (1774 -1801) who was lost in the surf on the south west coast in 1801. Translation "Saltwater pools on the Vasse River, huts of the natives of Geographe Bayt.
From: the rare second edition of Voyage de decouvertes aux terres australes, issued in 1824. This edition included additional engravings to 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.
