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Molluscs and zoophytes

Molluscs and zoophytes
(Mollusques et zoophytes)
 (1807-1816)
plate 31 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
(30.6 × 21.8 cm) (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
inscribed in plate above image u.r.: XXXI.
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.: F.res (res in superscript above . ) Lambert sculp.
inscribed in plate below image l.c.: MOLLUSQUES ET ZOOPHYTES. / 1. BEROE Macrostomus N. 2. MEDUSA Panopyra N. 3. SALPA Vivipara N. 4. JANTHINA Penicephala N. 5. HYLAEA Australis N. / 6. PORPITA Gigantea N. vue un dessus: En dessous 6a. (a in superscript above . ): Disque intérieur en dessus 6b. (b in superscript above . ): Partie grossie 6c. (c in superscript above . ): Disque vû par dessous 6d. (d in superscript above . ): Partie grossie 6e. (e in superscript above . ) / De l'Imprimerie de Langlois.
inscribed in plate (in image): (numbers 1 to 6, 6a to 6e)
Accession Number
2005.349
Departments
Australian Prints / Australian Prints & Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through the NGV Foundation by John Baird, Member, 2005
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display