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François Péron

Francois Peron

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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Jean Francois Rigaud

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

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Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes (text volume one of four with frontispice portrait of Francois Peron), 1824

Francois Peron, Louis de Freycinet

Portrait, leather bound volume with text and engraving

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017

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Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes (text volume four of four), 1824

Francois Peron, Louis de Freycinet

Portrait, leather bound volume with text

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017

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Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes (text volume two of four), 1824

Francois Peron, Louis de Freycinet

Portrait, leather bound volume with text

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017

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Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes (text volume three of four), 1824

Francois Peron, Louis de Freycinet

Portrait, leather bound volume with text

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017

François Péron

François Péron

François Péron

François Péron, c. 1805

Conrad Westermayr after Jean Henri Cless

Portrait, engraving on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Fetteresso (Sir Robert Duff)

Fetteresso (Sir Robert Duff)

Fetteresso (Sir Robert Duff)

Fetteresso (Sir Robert Duff), 1883

Francois Verheyden, Vanity Fair Magazine

Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Purchased 2015

Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes folio atlas (second edition)

Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes folio atlas (second edition)

Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes folio atlas (second edition)

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

Portrait of Dr Johann Reinhold Forster and his son George Forster

Portrait of Dr Johann Reinhold Forster and his son George Forster

Portrait of Dr Johann Reinhold Forster and his son George Forster

Portrait of Dr Johann Reinhold Forster and his son George Forster, c. 1780

Jean Francois Rigaud

Portrait, oil on canvas

Purchased with funds provided by the Liangis family, the Ian Potter Foundation and John Schaeffer AO 2009

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

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

James Heath, G G & J Robinson

Portrait, engraving on paper

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

Nourou-gal-derri

Nourou-gal-derri

Nourou-gal-derri

Nourou-gal-derri, 1807-1817

Nicolas-Martin Petit after Barthélemy Roger

Portrait, engraving on paper

Purchased 2009

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

Portrait of Louis Claude de Saulces de Freycinet

Louis Claude de Saulces de Freycinet

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

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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