Bry, Auguste (sold)
Auguste Marc Edmé Bry (1805 - January 1880) was a French engraver and lithographer active in Paris in the middle part of the 19th century. Publishing as 'Auguste Bry', he maintained offices at 8 Rue Favart (1839-1842), 134 Rue du Bac (1843), 114 Rue du Bac (1847 - 1850), and after 1850, at 149 Rue du Bac. Bry mastered lithography under none other than Johann Alois Senefelder (1771 - 1834), the German playwright who invented the process. Bry's work was exhibited at various art salons and other exhibitions between 1844 and 1878, where he was awarded 12 medals. He received the Légion d'Honneur. After Bry's death at 75, his sons took over the firm.
Violent Antarctic seas, peaceful birds.
Les Corvettes L'Astrolabe et la Zélée, aux ordres du Ct. Dumont D'Urville, dans le coup de vent du Janvier 1840. Parages de cercle Polaire Antarctique.
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A striking c. 1841 Louis Le Breton maritime view of the Dumont d'Urville's third expedition in violent Antarctic seas. Le Breton's view depicts the Astrolabe (left) and Zéllée (right), struggling against extreme Antarctic conditions. High waves and dangerous icebergs make for a treacherous scene - a sharp contrast to the penguins at right enjoying what, for them at least, must have seemed a fine warm day. (more details)