Gaspard Duché de Vancy collection

Collection

Identifier: Mss 5137

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection includes two engravings from "Atlas du Voyage de la Pérouse," part of "Voyage de La Pérouse autour du Monde," a compilation of findings of the Jean-François de Galaup La Pérouse expedition. Titles are in French. The engravings are Plate No. 53, "Tombeaux de la baie de Castries" (Tombs of Castries Bay), depicting a scene in eastern Russia, 40 x 57.3 cm; and Plate No. 54, "Costumes des habitans de la baie de Castries" (Costume of the inhabitants of Castries Bay), depicting adults and children around a fire inside a dwelling, 40 x 57.3 cm.

Dates

1797

Creator

Duché de Vancy, Gaspard, 1756-1788 (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.

Biographical note

Gaspard Duché de Vancy was a French artist of the 18th century. He grew up in Vienna and exhibited not only at Paris's Salon of Young Artists (1781) but also at London's Royal Academy (1784). He was taken on as the official artist of the La Pérouse expedition, on which he disappeared.