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C1841
Vue de la Rade de Sydney et du Fort Macqaurie; Nlle. Hollande. Pendant le sejour de la Venus en 1838.
Artist:
Romuald Georges Menard (1778 - 1846)
Rare lithograph of Sydney from the rarest of all the French voyage accounts that visited Sydney in the early nineteenth century. Abel Du Petit-Thouars (1793-1864) in the frigate Venus was ordered by King Louis Phillipe to report and assist French … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Vue de la Rade de Sydney et du Fort Macqaurie; Nlle. Hollande. Pendant le sejour de la Venus en 1838.
Date:
C1841
Artist:
Romuald Georges Menard (1778 - 1846)
Engraver:
Adolphe Jean-Baptiste Bayot
(1810–1866 –
1866)
Condition:
In good condition
Technique:
Chine colle lithograph, hand coloured.
Image Size:
400mm
x 240mm
Frame Size:
740mm
x 585mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1841
Description:
Rare lithograph of Sydney from the rarest of all the French voyage accounts that visited Sydney in the early nineteenth century. Abel Du Petit-Thouars (1793-1864) in the frigate Venus was ordered by King Louis Phillipe to report and assist French whaling interests in the Pacific and the Americas.
Dupetit-Thouars reached Sydney 21st November 1838 and remained until the 9th December 1838. While in Sydney the French officers were lavishly entertained and made a number of sketches and maps of the thriving settlement. Two previous French expeditions had visited Sydney; Nicholas Baudin (1803) and by Freycinet (1819).
From Voyage Autour du Monde sur la Frigate la Venus.
Reference: Sydney Views 1788-1888 Knoblauch Collection Item 60 Page 89
Biography:
Romuald Georges Menard (1778-1846)
French artist on board the frigate Venus of expedition (1836-39) to the south Pacific under the command of Captain Abel Aubert du Petit-Thouars. This expedition ordered by King Louis Phillipe partly to obtain formal submission of Tahiti to France from Queen Pomare IV, visited Sydney in November to December 1838.
Abel Aubert Dupetit-Thouars (1836-1839)
Dupetit-Thouars joined the navy at the age of eleven, was appointed ‘asprant (midshipman) in 1808 and ‘enseigne’ in 1814. As a member of a patrician family (he was a nephew of Aristide Dupetit-Thouars who searched for La Perouse), the restoration of the monarchy aided his career and enabled him to become ‘lieutenant de vasseau’ in 1819, and ‘captaine de fregate’ in 1826. His reputation was further enhanced by his service in the expedition against Algiers. On 21st December 1836 he was issued instructions to sail the areas frequented by French whalers and offer assistance where required, and to assist French traders along the coasts of South and Central America, where commercial enterprise had been slow to take off.
Ref: Howgego D38 p185-187
