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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

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

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

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

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

Jean Bellette
Jean Bellette
Jean Bellette
Adrian Lawlor

Jean Bellette, 1937

Portrait, oil on composition board

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009

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

Caroline Chisholm, 1853

Portrait, steel engraving on paper

Purchased 2015

Dame Jean Macnamara
Dame Jean Macnamara
Dame Jean Macnamara
Donovan

Dame Jean Macnamara, c. 1930

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Merran Samuel (nee Connor) 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Jean Campbell
Jean Campbell
Jean Campbell
Wolfgang Sievers

Jean Campbell, 1950

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of an anonymous donor 2010

Study for self portrait
Study for self portrait
Study for self portrait
Jean Appleton

Study for self portrait, c. 1965

Portrait, oil on cardboard

Gift of Elisabeth Green 2023

Study for self portrait
Study for self portrait
Study for self portrait
Jean Appleton

Study for self portrait, c. 1965

Portrait, oil on cardboard

Gift of Elisabeth Green 2023

Study for self portrait
Study for self portrait
Study for self portrait
Jean Appleton

Study for self portrait, c. 1965

Portrait, oil on cardboard

Gift of Elisabeth Green 2023

Self portrait
Self portrait
Self portrait
Jean Appleton

Self portrait, 1965

Portrait, oil on masonite

Gift of the Estate of Nicolaas van der Waarden 2013

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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

Study for self portrait
Study for self portrait
Study for self portrait
Jean Appleton

Study for self portrait, c. 1965

Portrait, oil on masonite

Gift of Laurie Curley OAM and Mrs Robyn Curley 2012

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