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C1837
WA-Naturels du Port Roi Georges ayant recu des Cadeaua.
Small French engraving of present day Albany where the French expedition of Dumont D’Urville explored the area in October, 1826. The view records the encounter with the aborigines by the French. An Aboriginal returning from a visit on board the … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
WA-Naturels du Port Roi Georges ayant recu des Cadeaua.
Date:
C1837
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
146mm
x 99mm
Paper Size:
212mm
x 128mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1837
Description:
Small French engraving of present day Albany where the French expedition of Dumont D’Urville explored the area in October, 1826. The view records the encounter with the aborigines by the French. An Aboriginal returning from a visit on board the Astrolabe, shows his companions the gifts he had been given. A larger lithograph by Louis de Sainson, the artist on board the voyage was issued in the published accounts of the voyage which this smaller engraving is based on.
From; Domeny de Rienzi M. G. L,  Océanie ou Cinquième Partie du Monde. – Revue Géographique et Ethnographique de la Malaisie, de la Micronésie, de la Polynésie et de la Mélanésie. Paris.
Collections:
Bibliotheque Nationale de France: ark:/12148/bpt6k307862
National Library Australia: Bib ID 1386388
State Library New South Wales: DSM/980/115A7
State Library Victoria: RARELTB 919 D71O
Louis Auguste de Sainson (1800 - 1887)
French artist on the voyage of exploration on board the Astrolabe under the command of Dumont D’Urville which explored and visited the Pacific, Asia, New Zealand and Australia. He began his naval career at the port of Rochefort, working there from 21 August 1825 until 6 January 1826, where he joined the Astrolabe as a draughtsman. The Astrolabe visited Australia from October to December 1826 and De Sainson made a number of drawings of King George Sound (WA), Westernport VIC), and Jervis Bay NSW and Sydney). On the Astrolable’s return to Australian waters during December 1827 to early January 1828 the Astrolabe anchored at Hobart Town where de Sainson made a number of important drawings of Hobart and its environs. On his return to France de Sainson was part of the editorial group that made the official account Historical Atlas of the expedition ready or publication. In November 1829, at Dumont d’Urville’s request, de Sainson was promoted commis de marine 3e classe. He became a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneurin August 1831 and a commis de 2e classe in September 1833. Further biographical information is not available after this time.
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Victor Marie Felix Danvin (1802 - 1842)
Victor Marie Felix Danvin (1802 -1842) was a French landscape painter. He attended the École des Beaux-Arts and studied with Guérin, Lethière, Watelet and Rémond. He exhibited in the salon from 1831.
