Niskani, Aoucantouri et Erougantoi, habitans de la Baie de Langle. Orotchis, habitans de la Baie de Castries.
Dessiné par Duche de Vancy. Gravé par Simonet. L. Aubert scripsit.
[Paris: Imprimerie de la Republique, 1797.]
Engraving. 565 x 410mm (22¼ x 16"). Tear in edge, well outside image area. Small margins.
Two round group portraits: above are inhabitants of the Tomari Bay, Sakhalin; below are the inhabitants of De Castries Bay, on the mainland coast of the Gulf of Tartary. They were drawn by Gaspard Duchè de Vancy (1756-1788), the official artist of the La Perouse expedition, who disappeared with the rest of the crews of the Astrolabe and Boussole in 1788.
[Ref: 40543] £140.00
[Paris: Imprimerie de la Republique, 1797.]
Engraving. 565 x 410mm (22¼ x 16"). Tear in edge, well outside image area. Small margins.
Two round group portraits: above are inhabitants of the Tomari Bay, Sakhalin; below are the inhabitants of De Castries Bay, on the mainland coast of the Gulf of Tartary. They were drawn by Gaspard Duchè de Vancy (1756-1788), the official artist of the La Perouse expedition, who disappeared with the rest of the crews of the Astrolabe and Boussole in 1788.
[Ref: 40543] £140.00