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English establishment at Port Essington [B 8964] • Artwork

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Summary

This image of Port Essington has a great deal of fine detail, illustrating specificities of the general flora and types of housing. The artist has included a figures in the mid-ground, perhaps to further indicate scale, which also contexualises the scene. To the far left three Indigenous people are pictured around a dead tree trunk, perhaps included as an indication of a general presence amongst white settling colony establishments of this type. Despite the subject matter being somewhat idealised in this work, the artist's technique is particulary accomplished and the work is a good point of reference for the era.

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Physical description

Engraving (lithograph); 19 cm x 28.5 cm (image)

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1840

Artist

Goupil, Ernest August

Collection

Part of Port Essington Collection

Subject

Goupil, Ernest August, 1814-1840, artist
Port Essington (N.T.)

Catalogue record

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General notes

PRIMARY INSCRIPTION: VOYAGE AU POLE SUD ET DANS L'OCEANIE (printed on lithograph), translation:- journey to the south pole and surrounding ocean, (top r) ATLAS PITTORESQUE. PL 119. (printed on lithograph), (bot l) Dessine par Goupil lith e per Emile Lassalle, (bot c) Gide Editeuy, ETABLISSEMENT ANGLAIS A PORT-ESSINGTON. (Cote N. de l'Australie), (bot r) Lith. de Thierry freres, Paris.; SECONDARY INSCRIPTION: (top r) NORTHERN TERRITORY (handwriten in pencil-rubbed out), (top c) Port Essington (handwritten, ink), (bot c) Pres, by Dr. E. Angus Johnson (handwritten, ink), (bot r) Archives SA (stamp), general marks and scratches overall.

Digitisation information

Date

17/01/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,514 x 2,614 pixels (9.2 MP)

Size

27.59 MB

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