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Drawings by Arago and de Sainson made during French expeditions in the Pacific, includes one from th...

Drawings by Arago and de Sainson made during French expeditions in the Pacific, includes one from th...

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Drawings by Arago and de Sainson made during French expeditions in the Pacific, includes one from the artist Niel, ca 1818-1829] / drawn by Jacques Arago, Louis de Sainson, Robert Neill

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Full title

Drawings by Arago and de Sainson made during French expeditions in the Pacific, includes one from the artist Niel, ca 1818-1829] / drawn by Jacques Arago, Louis de Sainson, Robert Neill

Date

1818-1829

Call Numbers

PX*D 150

Record Identifier

94Rx8yg1

Reference Code

457892

Formats

Physical Description

Contents

104 drawings (1 album) - 32 x 47 cm.

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Fonds

Access and use

Copying Conditions

Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955.

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Comprises an album containing 104 pencil, watercolour and ink sketches on 61 pages.

f. 1. Iles Marimse. d[?] [? Lbauche? d'une scene day [?] combat de corps a Agana. 1818. croque par Js. Arago
f. 2. Montagenes volcaniques de Batouguede (Timor). Oct [1818?]
f. 3a. La Pitterboth (ile Maurice). J.A.
f. 3b. La Corvette l'Uranie entraine...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Drawings by Arago and de Sainson made during French expeditions in the Pacific, includes one from the artist Niel, ca 1818-1829] / drawn by Jacques Arago, Louis de Sainson, Robert Neill

Notes

General note

Digital order no:Album ID : 845971...

Contextual Information

Source

Purchased from Otto Lange in 1930

Administrative / Biographical history

Jacques Arago, watercolourist and marine draughtsman, was born in Estagel, near Perpignan, France. He, Taunay and Pellion were the artists and draughtsmen employed on Louis de Freycinet's officially-sponsored French expedition around the world aboard the Uranie which visited Australia from 1819-1819.
Louis de Sainson, watercolourist and draughts...

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

PX*D 150

Record Identifier

94Rx8yg1

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/94Rx8yg1

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Reference code

457892

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