Les Corvettes L'Astrolabe et La Zelee, aux ordres du Ct Dumont D'Urville, dans le coup de vent du 25 Janvier 1840. Parages du cercle Polaire Antarctique
The litograph depicts the corvettes 'Astrolabe' and 'Zelee' during a storm in the Antarctic Circle on 25 January 1840, under the command of Dumont D'Urville. Some penguins are shown in the foreground, on the right hand side of the composition.
Inscribed: "LES CORVETTES L'ASTROLABE ET LA ZELEE, AUX ORDRES DU CT DUMONT D'URVILLE DANS LE COUP DE VENT DU 25 JANVIER 1840. Parages du cercle Polaire Antarctique.
Inscribed: "LES CORVETTES L'ASTROLABE ET LA ZELEE, AUX ORDRES DU CT DUMONT D'URVILLE DANS LE COUP DE VENT DU 25 JANVIER 1840. Parages du cercle Polaire Antarctique.
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Object Details
ID: | PAH9237 |
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Collection: | Fine art |
Type: | |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Gambart & Co; Breton, Louis Le Wild Bry, Auguste |
Places: | Unlinked place |
Vessels: | Astrolabe (1811); Zelee ca.1838 [French navy] |
Date made: | 1838; ca.1838 25 Jan 1840 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Sheet: 502 x 705 mm; Mount: 584 mm x 760 mm |
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