Vue du Port du Roi Georges - Nouvelle Hollande
Artist
Louis Auguste de Sainson
(French, 1801 - 1887)
Artist
Victor-Jean Adam
(1801-1866)
Lithographer
Joseph Lemercier
(1803 - 1884)
Editor
Joseph Tastu
(French, 1787 - 1849)
Date1833
Object number00008308
NameLithograph
MediumInk on paper
DimensionsOverall: 323 x 497 mm, 0.05 kg
ClassificationsArt
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionVue du Port du Roi Georges - Nouvelle Hollande. pinx de Sainson, fig par V. Adam, lith de Lemercier. Plate 16 from of 'Voyage de la Corvette l'ASTROLABE, L'atlas historique; by Dumont d'Urville.
This particular lithograph documents the time d'Urville's expedition spent at King George Sound, Western Australia between 7 and 25 October 1826.HistoryD'Urville quotes de Sainson's journal on several occasions giving a unique insight into the mind of this artist about which very little is otherwise known. Perhaps the most fruitful of these is an entry in which de Sainson recounts a night spent ashore at King George Sound, Western Australia. It includes the interaction that took place between the French sailors and the Noongar people.
This particular lithograph (00008308) represents this interaction as it depicts Frenchmen going about their exploratory activities withthe Noongar situated in and around their campsite. It shows King George Sound from the northern headland at the entrance to Princess Royal Harbour showing a shore camp, Michaelman and Breaksea Islands.
t is one of several of de Sainson's works (another being 00008306) in this collection that documents the time d'Urville spent at King George Sound between 7 and 25 October, 1826.
SignificanceThis lithograph provides a visual record of one of the great French exploratory ventures of the nineteenth century (and, incidentally, one of the last). It is very important as a source in both the history of European world exploration and, more specifically, of the European relationship with Australia and its inhabitants.
Charles Alexandre Lesueur
1807
Louis Auguste de Sainson
1826 - 1829