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A Scene in the Cemetery in the Hills behind Kupang, August – November 1801
pen, ink and graphite on laid paper a framing mount of blue-grey paper applied over the paper sheet
152 x 214 mm (image) 222 x 290 mm (sheet)
$38,000
A beautifully-executed view of the main cemetery in Kupang, with three Malay men in the foreground, standing among a group of some of the more remarkable local tombs. The French fort, with a flag flying, is shown in the distance towards the left, and in fine detail the distant Géographe, in the bay beyond the fort, is shown with a plume of smoke, presumably in the midst of firing a salute. This…
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Engraved This view was not included in the first edition atlas of 1807 but was added by Freycinet in the second edition of 1824 as plate 51. The finished engraving was noted as C.A. Lesueur delint., J. Devilliers aqua forti, A. Delvaux sculpt. Related works See also a couple of pencil studies reproduced in Baglione, G., and Crémière, C., Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, and noted as Le Havre nos. B:17042 & 17045