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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

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François Jacques Dequevauvillier

Biography

François Jacques Dequevauviller was the son of the French engraver Nicolas-Barthelemy François Dequevauviller (1745–1807).

1 portrait in the collection

Jules de Blosseville
Jules de Blosseville
Jules de Blosseville
François Jacques Dequevauvillier

Jules de Blosseville, c. 1830

Portrait, steel engraving on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2014

François Péron
François Péron
François Péron
Conrad Westermayr after Jean Henri Cless

François Péron, c. 1805

Portrait, engraving on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

La Pérouse
La Pérouse
La Pérouse
N Mague, Blaisot

La Pérouse, c. 1830s

Portrait, engraving on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2009

La Perouse
La Perouse
La Perouse
Thomas Woolnoth, William Mackenzie, Glasgow, Edinburgh, London & New York

La Perouse, 1830s

Portrait, engraving on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

Thomas Muir
Thomas Muir
Thomas Muir
François Bonneville

Thomas Muir, 1800

Portrait, copper-line engraving on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015

Nicolas Baudin, Capitaine de Vaisseau. Commandant I'Expedition pour le tour du Monde et Specialement relatif aux Sciences et auz Arts, entreprise en I'An gme, 1800
Nicolas Baudin, Capitaine de Vaisseau. Commandant I'Expedition pour le tour du Monde et Specialement relatif aux Sciences et auz Arts, entreprise en I'An gme, 1800
Nicolas Baudin, Capitaine de Vaisseau. Commandant I'Expedition pour le tour du Monde et Specialement relatif aux Sciences et auz Arts, entreprise en I'An gme, 1800
François Bonneville after Joseph Jauffret

Nicolas Baudin, Capitaine de Vaisseau. Commandant I'Expedition pour le tour du Monde et Specialement relatif aux Sciences et auz Arts, entreprise en I'An gme, 1800, 1800

Portrait, mezzotint on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015

Caroline Chisholm
Caroline Chisholm
Caroline Chisholm
J B. Hunt after Antoine François Jean Claudet

Caroline Chisholm, 1853

Portrait, steel engraving on paper

Purchased 2015

Jean Francois de Galaup de la Perouse, Commodore in the French Navy
Jean Francois de Galaup de la Perouse, Commodore in the French Navy
Jean Francois de Galaup de la Perouse, Commodore in the French Navy
James Heath, G G & J Robinson

Jean Francois de Galaup de la Perouse, Commodore in the French Navy, 1798

Portrait, engraving on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

La Perouse, from a miniature in the possession of La Perouse's niece at Alby
La Perouse, from a miniature in the possession of La Perouse's niece at Alby
La Perouse, from a miniature in the possession of La Perouse's niece at Alby
Thomas Woolnoth, Charles Knight

La Perouse, from a miniature in the possession of La Perouse's niece at Alby, n.d.

Portrait, engraving on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

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François Bonneville

Biography

François Bonneville was one of the leading French engravers of the period of the Revolution, selling his works at the Imprimérie du Cercle Social on the Rue du Théâtre-Francais until 1797, and then, until 1814, at successive premises on the Rue Saint Jacques.

2 portraits in the collection

La Perouse

Jean-François de Galaup La Perouse

Biography

Jean-François de Galaup la Pérouse, Comte de la Pérouse (1741-1788), navigator, joined the French navy as a boy, rising to the rank of captain and serving with distinction and humanity in campaigns against the English in Hudson Bay in 1782.

4 portraits in the collection

Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah Bernhardt
Falk Studios

Sarah Bernhardt, 1891

Portrait, albumen silver photograph on cabinet card

Purchased 2017

Harold Parker
Harold Parker
Harold Parker
Bessie Gibson

Harold Parker, c. 1906

Portrait, watercolour on ivory in locket frame

Gift of Rosamond Shepherd 2010. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

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Jean Francois Rigaud

Biography

Jean François Rigaud, French/ Italian artist, trained in Italy, where he became a member of the Bologna Academy in 1766.

1 portrait in the collection

François Péron

Francois Peron

Biography

François Péron (1775-1810), naturalist and explorer, served as a soldier from 1792 to 1794, in which period he was imprisoned and lost the sight of one eye.

6 portraits in the collection

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