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Vue d'un etang pres la Baie du Roi Georges (N'elle Holland)
Vue d'un etang pres la Baie du Roi Georges (N'elle Holland)

Vue d'un etang pres la Baie du Roi Georges (N'elle Holland)

Artist (French, 1801 - 1887)
Subject or historical figure (1790 - 1842)
Date1829
Object number00001395
NameLithograph
MediumInk on paper
DimensionsOverall: 509 mm
ClassificationsArt
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionLithograph titled 'Vue d'un Etang pres la Baie du Roi Georges (n'elle holland)' [View of a pond near King George's Bay (New Holland)] depicting the crew from Dumont d'Urville's expedition hunting near King George's Bay, Western Australia. From a painting by Louis de Sainson.HistoryLouis de Sainson (1800-1887) trained as a topographic draughtsman and, at the age of 25, joined Dumont d' Urville's 1826-1829 expedition to the Pacific as the ASTROLABE's official artist. D'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 First Nation people. 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.