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Jules Sebastien Cesar Dumont d'Urville
Biography
Rear Admiral Jules Sebastien Cesar Dumont d'Urville (1790-1842), French explorer, made two journeys passing through the Pacific in the years between 1826 and 1840.
2 portraits in the collection
Jules Henry Roy Rousel
Biography
Jules Henry Roy Rousel (1897-1985) studied at the Royal Art Society School from 1912 to 1918 and the Slade School and RAS in London from 1935-1938.
2 portraits in the collection
Jules Poret de Blosseville
Biography
Jules Poret de Blosseville (1802-1833), geographer, navigator and explorer, was a junior officer on the Coquille, which, under the command of Louis Isidore Duperrey, conducted a voyage to Oceania and South America between 1822 and 1825.
1 portrait in the collection
Antoine Maurin
Biography
Antoine Maurin, lithographer, is little known. He was born in Perpignan, France, and died in Paris.
6 portraits in the collection
René Primevère Lesson
Biography
René Primevère Lesson (1794–1849), French surgeon, naturalist, ornithologist, and herpetologist, entered the Naval Medical School in Rochefort at the age of sixteen.
1 portrait in the collection
Paul Gaimard
Biography
Paul Gaimard (1796-1858), naturalist and naval surgeon, joined the French navy after distinguishing himself at the naval medical school at Toulon.
1 portrait in the collection
Henry Kendall
Biography
Henry (Thomas Henry) Kendall (1839-1882) was once regarded as the finest poet Australia had produced.
1 portrait in the collection
William Macleod
Biography
William Macleod, artist and magazine proprietor, attended the Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts as a young teenager and saw his first illustration published in 1866.
4 portraits in the collection