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C1843
Oceanie
Mapmaker:
Pierre François Tardieu (1711 - 1771)
Small early map of the Pacific with Australian place names sourced from previous Dutch, English and French discoveries. The Tardieu family of mapmakers and engravers were important French publishers and a number of their maps show the close involvement they … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Oceanie
Date:
C1843
Mapmaker:
Pierre François Tardieu (1711 - 1771)
Condition:
In good condition, with folds as issued.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
240mm
x 173mm
Paper Size:
265mm
x 205mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1843
Description:
Small early map of the Pacific with Australian place names sourced from previous Dutch, English and French discoveries. The Tardieu family of mapmakers and engravers were important French publishers and a number of their maps show the close involvement they had with the Baudin expedition.
Mapmaker:
Pierre François Tardieu (1711 – 1771)
Tardieu was a French engraver and cartographer, nephew of Nicolas-Henri Tardieu. Pierre Francois Tardieu was born around 1711 in Paris, son of Jean Tardieu. He was taught by his uncle, Nicolas Henri Tardieu. He is noted for two excellent engravings after Peter Paul Rubens, the Judgement of Paris and Persée et Andromache. He did much work on the engravings for the Fables de la Fontaine after drawings by Oudry. Tardieu’s wife, Marie-Anne Rousselet (1733-1826), was from the family of the engraver Gilles Rousselet and the sculptor Jean Rousselet, both of whom were members of the Academy. Marie-Anne made several engravings of historical and genre subjects, including Saint John the Baptist (1756) after Jean-Baptiste van Loo.
