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

Terms

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.