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Pieter Merkus, offrant a l’expedition de l’Astrolabe

$280

Pieter Merkus (1787-1844), the Governor of the Moluccas, offers the Astrolabe
crew two horned pigs (North Sulawesi Babirusa / Babyrousa celebensis) and an
antelope at Manado, c 1833.

Artist: Louis Auguste de Sainson Engraver:Victor Adam

Chine-collé lithograph on India paper.
Image Size: 342mm x 212mm Paper Size: 540mm x 360mm
Condition: Good