Person
Lesueur, Charles Alexander (1778 - 1846)
- Born
- 1778
- Died
- 1846
- Occupation
- Natural history artist
Summary
Charles Lesueur sailed with N. Baudin on his voyage to the South Pacific 1800-1804. He depicted the most striking fauna to furnish the plates for the atlas which was published in France 1807-1816.
Related entries
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
- Australian Botanists - Biographies, MS 064; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- Charles Alexander Lesueur - Records, 1800 - 1804, FM 4/1698-1700; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
- Charles Alexander Lesueur - Records, c. 1800 - c. 1804, FM 5/57-73, 88-98 and 110-113; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
- Thomas Nicolas Baudin - Records, 1800 - 1804, ML MSS 760; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
Royal Society of Western Australia
- Charles Alexander Lesueur - Records, 1800 - 1816; Royal Society of Western Australia. Details
Published resources
Books
- Baglione, G.; Crémière, C.; and Fornasiero, J.: translated by West-Sooby, John, Charles Alexandre Lesueur, painter and naturalist: a forgotten treasure (Paris: MkF Éditions, 2016), 391 pp. Details
- Baglione, Gabrielle and Cremiere, Cedric, Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, Peintre-Voyageur, un Tresor Oublie (Le Harve: Editions de Conti, 2009), 400 pp. Details
Edited Books
- Bonnemains, Jacqueline, Forsyth, Elliott and Smith, Bernard eds, Baudin in Australian waters: the artwork of the French voyage of discovery to the southern lands 1800-1804 (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1988), 347 pp. Details
- Thomas, Sarah ed., The Encounter, 1802: Art of the Flinders and Baudin Voyages (Adelaide: Art Gallery of South Australia, 2002), 228 pp. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1063339. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/76619647. Details
- 'Lesueur, Charles Alexandre (1778-1846)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-903614. Details
Reviews
- Thomas, Sarah (ed.), The Encounter, 1802: Art of the Flinders and Baudin Voyages, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 2002, 228 pp.
Moyal, Ann, 'Review', Historical Records of Australian Science, 14 (2), (2002), 237-241. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR02011. Details
See also
- Pfennigwerth, S., '"The Mighty Cassowary": the Discovery and Demise of the King Island Emu', Archives of Natural History, 37 (2010), 74-90. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 5 March 2018
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