Drawings and etchings of Nepean and Springwood Aboriginal men by and after Alphonse Pellion, 1819
Drawings and etchings of Nepean and Springwood Aboriginal men by and after Alphonse Pellion, 1819
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
c. 1819
Call Numbers
PXD 923
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
pencil and ink drawings - 6 stipple and line engravings, one hand coloured
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Arrangement
This collection is described in three separate records.
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Item 01:
Tara [&] Perva / pen and ink portrait of two Aboriginal men by Alphonse Pellion
Items 02-05:
[Preparatory drawings and etchings at various states for the plate 'Nlle Hollande. Port-Jackson. Sauvages des environs de la riviere Nepean. 1. Jedat; 2. Tara; 3. Nemare'] / Alphonse Pellion
Items 06-10:
[Preparatory drawi...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Drawings and etchings of Nepean and Springwood Aboriginal men by and after Alphonse Pellion, 1819
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
This small collection records some Dharug men Pellion met in the Nepean district, who probably lived around Regentville where he stayed on the way to Bathurst, and two men from the Springwood district, also encountered on this trip.
A translation of Pellion's account of his excursion to Bathurst can be found in Olive and W.L. Harvard, 'Some Earl...
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased Christie's, The Freycinet Collection, London, Sept 2002
Administrative / Biographical history
Alphonse Pellion was a mid-shipman on board the French vessel L'Uraine, commanded by Louis de Freycinet, during its round the world trip between 1817 and 1820. The expedition, essentially a scientific one with a significant compliment of naturalists and artists, concentrated on the Pacific region. The expedition was particularly interested in recor...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXD 923
Record Identifier
YzOgJMv9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YzOgJMv9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
421716
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