Monuments funeraires de L'ile Toud, Detroit de Torres
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Depicts Torres Strait islanders funeral.
Lithograph from 'Voyage au Pole Sud et en Oceanie' by Jules Dumont d'Urville. Blind Stamp of publisher below title area. Published circa 1846.
Louis Le Breton joined Dumont d'Urville's 1837-1840 expedition as a surgeon but was appointed artist after the death of Ernest Goupil.
Overall toning.Crease to bottom right of sheet, well away from the image.