Title

Nouvelle Hollande: Baie des Chiens-marins Presque île Peron , entrevue avec les sauvages [New Holland: Shark Bay, Peron Peninsula. Meeting with the savages]

Source

Freycinet, Louis de. 'Voyage autour du monde... Atlas historique', Paris: Pillet Aîné, 1825

Page or Plate number

plate 12

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),

Date made

1825

Place made

Paris, Île-de-France, France View on map Close map

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate; hand-coloured at a later date

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower centre below image in black ink, 'N.LLE HOLLANDE: Baie des Chiens-marins, Presqu'ile Peron: ENTREVUE AVEC LES SAUVAGES.'. Printed lower left below image in black ink, 'Js. Arago delint.'. Printed lower right below imagei n black ink, 'Duparc sculpt.'.

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject categories

Aboriginal Australians | Australia, Art period: Colonial, Western Australia | Collection: The Wordsworth collection of Western Australian colonial art, acquired 2010. | Voyages of exploration and discovery 1600-1900: French

Subject description

An encounter between Western Australian Aboriginal people and a French exploring party at Shark Bay, September 1818

Legacy id

204615

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025