Primary Artist

Jules Sébastien César Dumont-D'Urville (1790–1842)

Title

Tasmanian Aboriginal heads.

Date made

1841-45

Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone

Text printed from matrix

Titled printed, within image (left) 'BOURRAKOOROO'. Titled printed, within image (right) 'MENALARGUERNA'. Titled upper left within image, 'VOYAGE AU POLE SUD ET DANS L'OCEANIE'. Inscribed lower centre within image, 'Lithographie par leveille d'apres les bustes moules sur nature photographies par Bisson,/sous la Direction de Mr le Dr Dumoutier'. Inscribed lower left within image 'Gide Editeur'. Inscribed upper right, within image, 'ANTHROPOLOGIE PL 25'. Inscribed lower right, within image, 'Imp. par Thierry Freres a Paris'.

Matrix size

29.4 x 34.4 cm (printed image)

Subject category

Voyages of exploration and discovery 1600-1900: French

Legacy id

133033

Creators

Dumont-D'Urville, Jules Sébastien César. | (1790–1842) French | Male | artist