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Plate XXX Mollusques et Zoophytes

Artist Charles Alexandre Lesueur (1778-1846)

Engraver Lambert [Frères]

Date1807

Object number00017870

NameEngraving

MediumInk on paper

DimensionsOverall: 354 x 263 mm, 0.015 kg
Display Dimensions: 354 x 263 mm

ClassificationsArt

Credit LineANMM Collection

Terms

DescriptionAn engraving of individual illustrations of mollucs and zoophytes based on drawings by Charles Alexandre Lesueu. The page is Plate XXX 'Mollusques et Zoophytes' from the account of Captain Nicolas Baudin's expedition 'Voyage de Decouvertes aux Terres Australes' by Francois Peron and Louis de Freycinet, 1807. Engraved by the Lambert brothers (Frès. Lambert) after Charles Alexandre Lesueur with Jacques Gerard Milbert (direx).HistoryPlate XXX from 'Voyage de Decouvertes aux Terres Australes ... Partie Historique' by Francois Peron and de Freycinet. The individual illustrations of mollucs and zoophytes on this page are titled 1. Pyrosoma atlanticum n. 1A. Coupe longitudinale du pyrosoma 2. Cuveria carisochroma n. 2A. Cuveria vue en dessus 3. Salpa cyanogaster n. 3A. Salpa antheliophora n. 4.Spirulea prototypos n. 4A. Coupe du test 4b. Portion grossie 5. Loligo cardioptera n. 5[A]. Calmar cardiptere n. 6. Velella scaphidia n (dessus). 6A. Velella scaphidia n. (Dessous). SignificanceThis lithograph reflects 19th Century scientific interest in Natural History; detailed documentation and specimen collection of unknown or unfamiliar marine animal species was a feature of the methodology adhered to by scientists accompanying 19th Century voyages of discovery.