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Molluscs and zoophytes

Molluscs and zoophytes
(Mollusques et zoophytes)
(1807-1816)
plate 29 from A Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Hemisphere... by François Peron and Louis Freycinet. L'Imprimerie Impèriale, Paris 1807-16

Medium
colour engraving with hand-colouring

Measurements
(30.2 × 21.8 cm) (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through the NGV Foundation by John Baird, Member, 2005

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Paris, France

Inscription
inscribed in plate above image u.r.: XXIX.
inscribed in plate below image l.l.: C.A. Lesueur del.
inscribed in plate below image l.c.: J. Milbert direx.
inscribed in plate below image l.r.: Choubard sculp.
inscribed in plate below image l.l.-l.r.: MOLLUSQUES ET Z00PHYTES. / 1. PITYSALIA Megalista. N. / 2. GLAUCUS Eucharis . N. / 3. RIZOHPYSA Planestoma. N. / 4. PHYSSOPHORA Muzonema. N. / 5. STEPHANOMIA Amphytridis. N.
inscribed in plate below image l.c.: De I'lmprimerie de Langlois.
inscribed in plate (in image) u.l.-u.r.: (numbers 1 to 5)

Accession Number
2005.347

Departments
Australian Prints / Australian Prints & Drawings

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