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C1830
Vue de l’Ile de l’Ascension prise du mouillage
Artist:
Antoine Chazal (1793 - 1854)
Very rare engraving of Ascension Island part of the British overseas territory of St. Helena and Tristan da Cunha Organised settlement of Ascension Island began in 1815, when the British garrisoned it as a precaution after imprisoning Napoleon on Saint … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Vue de l’Ile de l’Ascension prise du mouillage
Date:
C1830
Artist:
Antoine Chazal (1793 - 1854)
Engraver:
Ambroise Tardieu
(1788 –
1841)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Stipple engraving printed in blue, with original hand colouring.
Image Size:
377mm
x 188mm
Paper Size:
485mm
x 320mm
Platemark Size:
325mm
x 245mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1830
Description:
Very rare engraving of Ascension Island part of the British overseas territory of St. Helena and Tristan da Cunha
Organised settlement of Ascension Island began in 1815, when the British garrisoned it as a precaution after imprisoning Napoleon on Saint Helena Island to the southeast.
It was first discovered in 1501, by the Portuguese navigator João da Nova who sighted the island on Ascension Day
From Duperrey, Voyage autour du Monde, execute per ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette La Coquille de sa Majeste, pendant les annies 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 1321772
Biography:
Antoine Chazal (1793-1854)
Chazal was a French painter of flowers and of portraits, as well as an engraver. He studied under Misbach, Bidauld, and Van Spaendonck, and became Professor of Iconography at the Jardin des Plantes. Besides portraits, flowers, and fruit, he painted a few landscapes and altar-pieces for churches. Chazal died in Paris in 1854.
Louis Isidore Duperrey (1786-1865)
The voyage, led by Duperrey, concentrated on the exploration of the Pacific. The Coquille called at Brazil, the Falkland islands, Concepcion, Callao, and Payta. The Pacific islands visited were the Tuamotu Archipelago, Tahiti and the Society Islands, Tonga, Rotuma, the Gilbert and Caroline Islands, and the Bismarck Archipelago. Australia was visited twice, and explorations made of New Zealand and of the Maoris were of particular significance. Vast quantities of ethnographic and scientific data were collected. Before returning to Marseilles, Java, Mauritius, and Ascension were visited” (Hill 517).
