Goupil, Ernest Auguste , 1814-1840,
Lasalle, Emile (1813-1871),
Photo number
PH1077/0003,
Collection
Early Northern Territory Prints Collection,
PictureNT,
PictureNT,
Date
1842,
Location
Port Essington,
Description
Printed at upper left "VOYAGE AU PÔLE SUD ET DANS L'OCÉANIE." Printed at upper right "ATLAS PITTORESQUE, PL. 119". Printed at lower left "Dessiné par Goupil, lith.é per Emile Lassalle." Printed at lower centre "Gide Editeur. ÉTABLISSEMENT ANGLAIS A PORT-ESSINGTON. (Côte N. de l'Australie.)" Printed at lower right "Lith. de Thierry frères, Paris." Blind stamp at lower centre "GIDE Editeur Paris". In April 1839 Dumont D'Urville arrived at Victoria Settlement, Port Essington, only five months after its establishment. Ernest Goupil was an artist with a taste for adventure. He was an offical artist on the voyage of exploration under the command of Dumont D'Urville. Goupil contracted dysentery and died at Hobart Town on 1 January 1840.,
Language
English,
Subject
buildings,
township,
Digital format
3750 x 5000 pixels : 48bpp ; 109.89Mb, back 103.2Mb,