Louis Auguste de Sainson, artist. Hippolyte Vanderbunch, lithographer. Vue prise au Port Western dans la crique des mangliers. 1833. Colour lithograph. H25120. La Trobe Picture Collection.

Louis Sainson (1801–1887) was the draughtsman on the Astrolabe under the command of Dumont D'Urville, which was in Australian waters from October to late December 1826, visiting King George Sound, Westernport, Jervis Bay and Sydney. The fishermen in the scene were added by Victor Adam (1801–1866). Along with other lithographs of paintings by Sainson, this was printed in the Atlas historique (Paris, J. Tastu, 1833), which illustrated the official account of the expedition. It is thought to be the first printed view of Victoria. See R. D. J. Collins, ‘A note on de Sainson's views in Westernport Bay’, La Trobe Library Journal, no. 36. The lithograph is currently on show in ‘The Changing Face of Victoria’ exhibition in the Dome, level 5, State Library of Victoria.

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