Engraving, Insulaires et monumens de l’Ile de Paque, Pl. 11 of Atlas du voyage de Lapérouse

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TitleEngraving, Insulaires et monumens de l’Ile de Paque, Pl. 11 of Atlas du voyage de LapérouseDate1980sAbout this objectThis print is one among 30 copperplate engravings from Atlas du voyage de Lapérouse, restruck in 1980s from the original 1797 plates and gifted to La Perouse Museum by Musée de la Marine in 1988. The view depicts the islanders and monuments at Rapa Nui / Easter Island, a name coined by Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen who arrived on the Easter Sunday of 1722. Lapérouse directed his crew to measure the statues on the island and described one as 14 feet 6 inches high – an action captured in this print. He concluded that they were made of a lightweight volcanic stone called lapillo, and agreed with Cook's suggestion that the monuments could have been raised by the ancient inhabitants using levers.

The original copperplates of the 1797 atlas accompanying the journal of La Pérouse’s expedition during 1785 and 1788 are now held in the collection of the Musée de la Marine, Paris. They were etched in 1796-1797 based on sketches sent back to France during the expedition.Object No.88.27-3aCreatorDuché de Vancy|Godefroy|L. AubertInscriptions & marksdessine par Duché de Vancy; grave par Godefroy; L. Aubert scripsit.Place madeParisMaterialPaperSourceLa Perouse MuseumProvenance 1980s – restruck by Musée de la Marine
1988 – donated to La Perouse Museum Credit lineGift of Musée de la Marine, Paris, 1988Acquisition date1988On displayNoTypeMuseum objectsOrganisations (Detailed entries)La Perouse Museum (La Perouse, N.S.W.)ThemesEuropean arrivals

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