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La Corvette L' Astrolabe en danger de se perdre sur les rocher de l'ile Leighs (Nouvelle Irlande) Plate 103
The corvette 'Astrolabe' is shown off the coast of New Ireland island (Papua New Guinea) in a stormy sea, facing a potencial collision against the rocks.
Inscribed: "LA CORVETTE L'ASTROLABE en danger de se perdre sur les rocher de l'ile Leighs (Nouvelle Irlande)" and above "Pl. 103".
Hand-coloured.
Louis-Auguste de Sainson was the official artist on the voyage of the 'Astrolabe' in New Zeland waters 1826-27.
Inscribed: "LA CORVETTE L'ASTROLABE en danger de se perdre sur les rocher de l'ile Leighs (Nouvelle Irlande)" and above "Pl. 103".
Hand-coloured.
Louis-Auguste de Sainson was the official artist on the voyage of the 'Astrolabe' in New Zeland waters 1826-27.
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Object Details
| ID: | PAF8079 |
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| Collection: | Fine art |
| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Sainson, Louise Auguste de; Saint-Aulaire, Felix Achille Tastu, J Lemercier |
| Vessels: | Astrolabe (1811) |
| Date made: | ca.1838 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 334 x 493 mm; Mount: 406 mm x 559 mm |