Plate 175. La corvette L'ASTROLABE en vue de l'ile Vanikoro

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Plate 175. La corvette L'ASTROLABE en vue de l'ile Vanikoro

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

Lithographer Achille Saint-Aulaire (1801 - 1889)

Editor Joseph Tastu (French, 1787 - 1849)

Date1833

Object number00029805

NameLithograph

MediumInk on paper

DimensionsSight: 265 x 385 mm
Overall: 500 x 700 mm, 0.2 kg
Mount: 500 x 700 mm

ClassificationsArt

Credit LineANMM Collection

Terms

exploration

DescriptionThis lithograph depicts the 'corvette' ASTROLABE sailing within sight of Vanikoro Island. Boats have been launched to reconnoitre the island's fringing reefs to find a passage through to a safe anchorage. It is by A. St Aulaire and is based on original artwork by the principal voyage artist Louis Auguste de Sainson, during Dumont d'Urville's first Pacific voyage in command of the ASTROLABE (1826-29).HistoryThis illustration shows the ASTROLABE nearing Vanikoro Island in 1828, where evidence would soon be found concerning the fate of La Perouse and the crews of his two lost ships.