Voyage to the South Pole and Oceania on the corvettes the Astrolabe and the Zélée, executed by order of the king during the years 1837-1838-1839-1840 under the command of M. Dumont-d'Urville captain of vessel

Botanical plate

Published in 1846

Atlas of Natural History - Botany

Phanerogamy

Botanical Plank - English Botany

Published in 1804

Original copper engraving, enhanced with a hand-made watercolor coloration 

Painted watercolor engraving from the 19th century

Carved swordfish rostrum: Unique piece

Skulls motifs

Indonesian craftsmanship

Painted botanical plate - Cryptogamy

Voyage to the South Pole and Oceania on the corvettes the Astrolabe and the Zélée, executed by order of the king during the years 1837-1838-1839-1840 under the command of M. Dumont-d'Urville captain of vessel

Published in 1846

Atlas of Natural History - Botany

Cryptogamy

Ex-Voto heart in clay by Cuore di Argilla 

Italy crafts - Made in Venice

A contemporary reinterpretation of the traditional ex-voto, originally a votive offering made to a god in request of a grace or in thanks for a grace obtained after a vow.

Anatomie de L'Homme - 1831

Anatomy of Man

Volume 2 with its black and white Atlas - 99 lithography

By Dr Bourgery and the illustrator Jacob

Deer antler sculpture - Snake and Skulls Totem on pedestal

Material : Antler

Origin: Indonesia

Anatomical plate: "L'Anatomie de L'Homme" by Dr Bourgery and draughtsman Jacob -1837/1843

BLONDE heartsease flower in hair

Souvenir in hair in the Victorian manner of 19th century funerary reliquaries, mourning memories

Artistic work carried out by the Maison Vaillant since 2023 in Rambouillet

Natural History Board 

Oeuvres du comte de Lacépède, comprenant l'histoire naturelle des quadrupèdes ovipares, des serpents, des poissons et des cétacés: accompagnées de 150 planches gravées sur acier, représentant au moins 500 animaux.

Published in 1836 by P.Duménil, Publisher in Paris

Snakes - Zoology

Color plates, watercolor and gummed engraving.

Board size: 22x13.5cm (In-8)

Hair tattoo - Reproduction in hair of a prisoner’s tattoo from the 19th century.

Souvenir in hair in the Victorian manner of 19th century funerary reliquaries, mourning memories

Artistic work carried out by the Maison Vaillant since 2023 in Rambouillet

Reproduction of the tattoo of Pierre Joseph Cethier, former soldier and farmer, in prison in 1877.

Double skeleton 

Sculpture on deer antlers 

Unique piece

Memento Mori sculpted from a deck of cards - Poker 

Size M

RED color

Plate - 19th century colour engraving from Natural History

By Morris, circa 1870 - A History of British Birds

In colour.

Ancient engraving -board of Natural History in colour nineteenth century