Description
Antique print titled ‘Route de Tondano’
A Chine-collé aquatint print shows a scene of the road to Tondano, a capital of Minahasa regency in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Originates from ‘Voyage de la corvette l’Astrolabe…sous le commandement de M. Jules Dumont d’Urville…Atlas, vol. 1. Pl. 38. Paris: J. Tastu, 1833’ by French watercolourist and draughtsman, Louis Auguste de Sainson (1800-1874) based on his expedition. He began his lengthy naval career in a secretarial position in France which enabled him to travel to Australia and create hundreds of drawings and engravings.
Condition : Image good, brown stained on the side
Measures : 530 mm x 360 mm
Purchase code : BG-13453-2
