Vue d'Hobart Town, pris de l'est, Ile Van Diemen

Artist Louis Auguste de Sainson (French, 1801 - 1887)

Lithographer Alexis Nicolas Noel (French, 1791 - 1871)

Editor J Tatsu

Lithographer A Bes

Datec 1828

Object number00031289

NameLithograph

MediumInk on paper

DimensionsSheet: 355 x 540 mm
Image: 258 x 530 mm
Overall: 355 x 540 mm, 0.017 kg

ClassificationsArt

Credit LineANMM Collection

Terms

Hobart

DescriptionView of Hobart Town from the east based on artwork by Louis Auguste de Sainson.SignificanceLouis Auguste de Sainson (1801-1887) was the principal artist on board the ASTROLABE during Dumont d'Urville's first voyage to the Pacific (1826 - 29) The ASTROLABE sailed to the Pacific by way of the Cape of Good Hope and Australia. After short stays in King George Sound and in Port Jackson the 'corvette' sailed to New Zealand, Tonga, Fiji, New Ireland, New Britain and northern New Guinea before heading south to Hobart where the crew spent Christmas in 1827. This illustration is an important record of that visit.