Item - Botany Bay, January 1778

ID UNSW PR 1988/0465 (082436)
Artist Pamela GRIFFITH (1943 - )
Title Botany Bay, January 1778
Alternate Titles "Jean Francois de Galaup de Laperouse with La Boussole and L'Astrolabe"
Category Print
Medium Etching
Materials ink, paper support
Edition Number 38/150
Measurements (cms)  
  Height 29.50
  Width 52.20
  Depth 0.00
  Other Frame: 63 x 83 x 2.5 cms
Marks/Inscriptions  
  Location lower right margin, and inscribed into plate
  Signed in pencil: P A Griffith; inscribed: Pamela Griffith - artist
Produced  
  When 1988
  Where Australia, NSW, Sydney
Style Narrative
Subject Australian history
Credit Line Gift of M. Pierre Roussel, President, Laperouse Association, NSW, 1988
Description/Remarks    Hardground black and white etching depicting figure of Laperouse in foreground amongst Australian flora and fauna at Botany Bay; sailors in longboat landing on right, and two ships - La Boussole and L'Astrolabe - at anchor in Bay in background.
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