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Vue d’Hobart-town prise de l’est (Hobart Town, view from the East)
By Louis Auguste de Sainson (1801-1887)
De Sainson was the official artist on Dumont d’Urville (1790-1842)’s ship, l’Astrolabe, which visited Hobart in 1827 during his round-the-world journey of exploration.
This plate comes from the official report of that journey, Voyage de decouvertes de ‘l’Astrolabe’: execute par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, published n Paris in 1833.
310 x 450mm (12 x 18 in) Lithograph, uncoloured, very good condition, in acid-free mount.$1200.00 SOLD
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