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Nicholas Baudin
Biography
Nicolas Thomas Baudin (1754–1803), cartographic surveyor and naturalist, was sent by the French government to survey the coast of Australia in 1800.
1 portrait in the collection
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
François Bonneville after Joseph Jauffret
Portrait, mezzotint on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015
Nicolas-Martin Petit
Biography
Nicholas-Martin Petit was born in Paris, the son of a fan maker, and learned graphic art in the studio of Jacques Louis David.
9 portraits in the collection
Parabéri, c. 1807
Nicolas-Martin Petit
Portrait, engraving, hand coloured on paper
Purchased 2011
Cour-rou-bari-gal, published 1807
Barthélemy Roger after Nicolas-Martin Petit
Portrait, engraving, hand coloured on paper
Purchased with funds provided by Ross A Field 2008
Y-erran-gou-la-ga, published 1807
Barthélemy Roger after Nicolas-Martin Petit
Portrait, engraving, hand coloured on paper
Purchased with funds provided by Ross A Field 2008
Nouvelle-Hollane: N.lle Galles de Sud. Ourou-Maraé, dit bull-dog par leas Anglais, Jeune guerrier de la Tribu des Gwea-Gal (New Holland: New South Wales. Ouron Marae, called Bull Dog by the English. a young Warrior of the Gwea Gal tribe), c. 1800
B Roger after Nicolas-Martin Petit
Portrait, colour printed stipple engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013
Oui-re-kine, 1807-1817
Barthélemy Roger after Nicolas-Martin Petit
Portrait, engraving on paper
Purchased 2009
Nourou-gal-derri, 1807-1817
Barthélemy Roger after Nicolas-Martin Petit
Portrait, engraving on paper
Purchased 2009
Jacques Arago, c. 1830s
Nicolas Maurin, Alexandre Sixdeniers
Portrait, engraving on paper
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2009
Ourou-Maré, dit Bull-Dog par les Anglais, Jeune Guerrier de la Tribu des Gwé-Gal, 1807-1817
Barthélemy Roger after Nicolas-Martin Petit
Portrait, engraving on paper
Purchased 2009
Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes folio atlas (second edition), 1824
Francois Peron, Louis de Freycinet, Nicolas-Martin Petit
Portrait, leather bound volume containing a double-page map of Australia, seven full-page charts, two double-page views, 27 hand-coloured engraving plates and 31 uncoloured engraving plates
Purchased 2017
Gnoung-a-gnoung-a Mour-re-mour-ga (dit Collins), 1807-1817
Barthélemy Roger after Nicolas-Martin Petit
Portrait, engraving on paper
Purchased 2009
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
Louis Claude de Saulces de Freycinet
Biography
Louis-Claude Desaulses de Freycinet (1779–1842), hydrographer and cartographer, sailed with Nicolas Baudin on the Expédition aux terres australes, a journey of discovery, commissioned by Napoléon, to the unknown southern coast of New Holland.
1 portrait in the collection
Joseph Jauffret
Biography
Joseph Jauffret was master of appeals to the French council of state from 1814 to 1836 and was created a count in 1823.
1 portrait in the collection