[Creator unknown] :Plan du Port Marion Nouvelle Zelande [ms map]; Plan des Terres d'ecouvertes par Mr. de Surville qu'il a nomme Cote des Assacides [ms map]. [Two ink sketches, probably preparatory to engravings published in Julien-Marie Crozet's "Nouveau voyage a la Mer du Sud commence sous les ordres de M Marion". (Paris, 1783)].

One shows the Bay of Islands with several villages marked including the one where Marion Dufresne was killed; the other the coastline around Doubtless Bay. These drawings appear to be copies by an unknown hand of the original drawings by an unknown artist on Marion Dufresne's voyage, 1772. The drawings are numbered Plates 1 and 7, as they appear in the publication. The images are the same way around as the resulting engravings, published in 1783.

Date thought to be close to date of original drawing, and possibly before the publication of Crozet's book in 1783. Dated by an examination of the watermarks on the paper. H Durandeau paper not found. D & C Blauw paper was used after 1746 (see item no 1828 in Edward Heawood's "Watermarks mainly of the 17th and 18th centuries", 1950). W A Churchill's "Watermarks in paper in Holland, England, France, in the XVII and XVIII centuries and their interconnection" (1967) lists items 3267 (Amsterdam, 1769) and 3268 (England, 1769).

Quantity: 2 manuscript map(s).

Physical Description: Ink on paper, 11 x 14.2 and 16.2 x 9.2 cm.

Provenance: Mr Hill had earlier in 2000 purchased them from a Parisian dealer specialising in architectural prints.

Transfers: From Drawings & Prints Collection - Artist unknown [Five ink drawings,... Julien-Marie Crozet's ...] - A-327-008/012.