Antoine Fauchery b. 15 November 1823

  • Artist (Photographer)
Although the goldfields drew Antoine Fauchery to Australia, it is as a writer and photographer that he made most impression, eventually combining both of these skills to accompany French expeditionary forces in China as a war correspondent and official photographer. Perhaps more interestingly, though, he was the model for the painter Marcello in Puccini's 'La Bohème'.

Citations

  • Davies, Alan and Stanbury, Peter (1985), 'The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Chisholm, A.H. (ed.) (1965), 'Letters from a Miner in Australia’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Fauchery, A. (1848), 'Biographe de Monseigneur Denis-Auguste Affre’, Paris, France.

  • Graber, V. (ed.) (1966), 'Voyage en Australie d’un Chercheur d’Or: Extraits de 'Lettres d’un Mineur en Australie’', Melbourne, Vic.

  • Newton, G. (1988), 'Shades of Light’, Canberra, ACT.

  • Reilly, D. & Carew, J. (1982), 'Sun Pictures of Victoria: The Fauchery/Daintree Collection’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • (1858), 'Illustrated Journal of Australasia’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Reilly, D. (tr.) (1982), 'Letters from China’, Manuscript, La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Fauchery, A. (1850), 'Chronique Parisienne’, Paris, France.

  • Fauchery, A. (1857), 'Lettres d’un Mineur en Australie’, Paris, France.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870