Original fine steel engraving by Jules Bouilly after a drawing de Sainson for Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville (1790-1842).
French explorer and naval officer Jules-Sebastien-Cesar-Dumont d’Urville (1790-1842). For his
Voyages Pittoresque Autour de Monde (Picturesque Voyages around the World) published in Paris between 1834 and 1835, D'Urville combined engravings from the drawings by his expedition artist Louis Auguste de Sainson (1801-1887), with engravings that had been published from previous voyages (notably those from James Cook's third voyage between 1776 and 1780).
Most of the engravings were printed two to a page, one above the other, but some, on their sides (as with this one), occupied the whole page. The page measured approximately 170 x 263mm (6.75 x 10.25 inches).