Details of the New Hollande cassowary, Kangaroo Island

Details of the New Hollande cassowary, Kangaroo Island
(Détails du casoars de la Nouvelle-Hollande)
1824
plate 67 in the Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes (Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands) atlas. Arthus Bertrand, Paris, 1824, 2nd edition

LAMBERT FRÈRES (engraver)

Charles-Alexandre LESUEUR (after)

Medium: engraving
Measurements: 24.4 × 31.9 cm (plate) 27.9 × 37.3 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution: Paris, France
Inscription: printed in ink above image u.r.: 67 .
printed in ink (in image) u.c.: 1.
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: 2.
printed in ink (in image) l.c.l.: 3 .
printed in ink (in image) l.c.: 4 .
printed in ink (in image) l.c.r.: 6.
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: 5.
printed in ink below image: C.A. Lesneur del. J.Milbert direx. F.res (res in superscript above . ) Lambert sculp. / NOUVELLE-HOLLANDE : ÎLE DES KANGUROOS . / Détails du Casoar de la Nouvelle Hollande . (Voyez la Planche 66. ) / 1. Bec 1/2 grandeur Naturelle . 2 . Une Plume du dos grandeur N.elle (elle in superscript above .) 3. Extrémité de l'aile armée de son piquant 1/9 g.r (r in superscript above . ) N.elle (elle in superscript above . ) 4. Une Jeune plume de Croupion . / 5 . Une Plume parfaite du Croupion 2/3 de g.r (r in superscript above . ) N.elle (elle in superscript above . ) 6. Plume du dos d'un très-Jeune Casoar g.r (r in superscript above . ) N.elle (elle in superscript above . )
Accession Number: 2010.96.68
Departments: International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Joe White Bequest, 2010
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

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