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La Corvette L' Astrolabe en perdition sur des recifs (Tonga-Tabou) Plate 67
The corvette 'Astrolabe' is depicted in the centre of the composition running aground on the reefs of the coast of Tonga.
Natives are shown in action both on the shore and at sea, problably trying to assist the corvette.
Inscribed: "LA CORVETTE L'ASTROLABE en perdition sur les recifs (Tonga-Tabou)" and above "Pl. 67.
Hand-coloured.
Natives are shown in action both on the shore and at sea, problably trying to assist the corvette.
Inscribed: "LA CORVETTE L'ASTROLABE en perdition sur les recifs (Tonga-Tabou)" and above "Pl. 67.
Hand-coloured.
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Object Details
| ID: | PAF8078 |
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| Collection: | Fine art |
| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Saint-Aulaire, Felix Achille; Tastu, J Lemercier Sainson, Louise Auguste de |
| Places: | Unlinked place |
| Vessels: | Astrolabe (1811) |
| Date made: | ca.1838 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 336 x 487 mm; Mount: 406 mm x 558 mm |