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J.S.C. Dumont d'Urville. Commandant l'Expedition de l'Astrolabe

Jules Sebastien Cesar Dumont d'Urville

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

J.S.C. Dumont d'Urville. Commandant l'Expedition de l'Astrolabe

J.S.C. Dumont d'Urville. Commandant l'Expedition de l'Astrolabe

J.S.C. Dumont d'Urville. Commandant l'Expedition de l'Astrolabe

J.S.C. Dumont d'Urville. Commandant l'Expedition de l'Astrolabe, c. 1833

Portrait, lithograph on paper

Purchased 2009

J. D'Urville

J. D'Urville

J. D'Urville

J. D'Urville, n.d.

Emile Lassalle after Antoine Maurin

Portrait, lithograph on paper

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

The Hunting Lodge (The Dogs Breakfast Group), 2006 by Jules Boag

The Hunting Lodge (The Dogs Breakfast Group), 2006

J.H. Roy Rousel

Jules Henry Roy Rousel

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 de Blosseville

Jules Poret de Blosseville

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

J.H. Roy Rousel

J.H. Roy Rousel

J.H. Roy Rousel

J.H. Roy Rousel, 1915

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on brown cardboard presentation mount

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Richard King 2008
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

JH Roy Rousel

JH Roy Rousel

JH Roy Rousel

JH Roy Rousel, 1915

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on brown cardboard presentation mount

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Richard King 2008
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Jules de Blosseville

Jules de Blosseville

Jules de Blosseville

Jules de Blosseville, c. 1830

François Jacques Dequevauvillier

Portrait, steel engraving on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2014

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Antoine Maurin

Antoine Maurin, lithographer, is little known. He was born in Perpignan, France, and died in Paris.

6 portraits in the collection

Rene Primevere Lesson

René Primevère Lesson

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

La Perouse

La Perouse

La Perouse

La Perouse, 1830s

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

Portrait, engraving on paper

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

Portrait of Henry Kendall

Portrait of Henry Kendall

Portrait of Henry Kendall

Portrait of Henry Kendall, c. 1890-1894

S. Milbourn Jnr

Portrait, albumen silver photograph on cabinet card

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008

Portrait of Henry Kendall

Henry Kendall

Henry (Thomas Henry) Kendall (1839-1882) was once regarded as the finest poet Australia had produced.

1 portrait in the collection

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William Macleod

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

Louis XVI giving final instructions to the Comte de La Perouse, c. 1785

Sea legged frogs

Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2011

Joanna Gilmour describes some of the stories of the individuals and incidents that define French exploration of Australia and the Pacific.

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