Engravings from Voyage en Sibérie

Collection

Identifier: Mss 5024

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection consists of seven engravings from the second volume of Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche's "Voyage en Sibérie," published in Paris, France, in 1768, which included a translation of Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov's "Opisanie zemli Kamchatki" (Description of the land of Kamchatka), 1755. The engravings depict scenes of people, activities, and places in the Kamchatka area of Russia, on the Pacific Coast, and were made by Jean-Baptiste Tilliard from drawings by Jean-Baptiste Le Prince and Jean-Michel Moreau. The engravings are labeled as plates I, II, III, XIV, XV, and XVI; two different images are both labeled as XIV. Titles and captions are in French.

Dates

1768

Creator

Le Prince, Jean-Baptiste, 1734-1781 (Artist, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder in shared box)

Language of Materials

French

Additional Description

Abstract

Collection consists of seven engravings depicting scenes of people, activities, and places in the Kamchatka area of Russia, on the Pacific Coast. The engravings are from the second volume of Jean-Baptiste Chappe d’Auteroche's "Voyage en Sibérie," published in Paris, France, in 1768, which included a translation of Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov's "Opisanie zemli Kamchatki" (Description of the land of Kamchatka), 1755. Titles and captions are in French.