Lot Essay
Elements of both drawings were included in the published plate. The original Petit sketch is unlocated, and the present drawings are attributed to Leroy on stylistic grounds.
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(Nouvelle Hollande. Port Jackson: Cérémonie preliminaire d'un mariage chez les sauvages) - two sketches
Details
Attributed to Sebastien Leroy (fl.1820s) after Nicolas-Martin Petit
(Nouvelle Hollande. Port Jackson: Cérémonie preliminaire d'un mariage chez les sauvages) - two sketches
pencil on paper
10½ x 12¾in. (26.7 x 32.3cm.)
9 x 12in. (22.8 x 30.4cm.)
and three proof-engravings, two annotated, for plate 104 in the Atlas Historique
5 (5)
(Nouvelle Hollande. Port Jackson: Cérémonie preliminaire d'un mariage chez les sauvages) - two sketches
pencil on paper
10½ x 12¾in. (26.7 x 32.3cm.)
9 x 12in. (22.8 x 30.4cm.)
and three proof-engravings, two annotated, for plate 104 in the Atlas Historique
5 (5)
Exhibited
Paris, 1962, no.29 (the first drawing, as Petit)
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