“NOUVELLE HOLLANDE: PORT-JACKSON: SAUVAGES DES ENVIRONS DE LA RIVIÈRE NEPEAN.”
1- Jédat; 2- Tara; 3- Némaré.
Artists: ALPHONSE PELLION (1796-1868) [drawn by]
TECHNIQUE: STIPPLE ENGRAVING [contemporary hand-colour]
Early and interesting portrait depiction of Indigenous Australians in Port Jackson, Sydney Harbour, N.S.W.
"Nlle Hollande. Port-Jackson. Sauvages des environs de la riviere Nepean. 1. Jedat; 2. Tara; 3. Nemare"
Rare hand coloured stipple engraving, from the very rare French voyage account, "Voyage autour du monde" under the command of Louis de Freycinet, who was also on the Baudin voyage.
Artist and naval draughtsman, was a midshipman aboard l'Uranie under the command of Louis de Freycinet expedition in 1817; Alphonse Pellion assisted the official artists J. Arago and A. Taunay during the three-year voyage around the world.
On 12 September 1818, l'Uranie reached Shark Bay, WA, where a camp was established.The expedition struck camp and sailed for Timor a fortnight later. It then sailed into Port Jackson on 18 November 1819 where they were made welcome by Governor Macquarie, who entertained them at both Sydney and Parramatta and permitted both artists and scientists to wander freely.
Freycinet had intended Arago to accompany them, but his place was taken by J. Alphonse Pellion (fl. 1817-20) 'whose zeal, activity and courage never failed him in dangerous enterprises, and whose talents as a draughtsman rendered him equally proper for this mission'.
Original stipple engraving printed on wove paper with contemporary hand-colour.
From: 'Voyage autour du monde' : entrepris par ordre du Roi ... execute sur les corvettes de S.M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne, pendant les annees 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820 ...1825 / par M. Louis de Freycinet. Paris : Chez Pillet Ainé, Imprimeur-Libraire, Rue des Grands - Augustins, N. 7, 1826.
SIZE: 320mm(H) x 490mm(L) [sheet]
Superb impression with attractive contemporary hand-colour.
In excellent condition, couple of minor spots and paper discolouration, full margins.