J. Alphonse Pellion

  • Artist (Painter)
Pellion was a topographical painter, naval draughtsman and midshipman aboard l'Uranie under the command of Louis de Freycinet during the voyages of 1817-1820. Pellion made many sketches in NSW, including views of Cox's Pass and Cox's River and portraits of the local aborigines.

Citations

  • Arago, J (1823), 'Narrative of a Voyage round the World’, London.

  • Finney, C (1984), 'To Sail beyond the Sunset’, Adelaide.

  • de Freycinet, L (1825), 'Voyage autour du Monde: Atlas Historique’, Paris.

  • de Freycinet, R (1927), 'Campagne de L’Uranie: Journal de Madame Rose de Saulces de Freycinet’, Paris.

  • Harvard, O & Harvard, W (1938), 'Some early French visitors to the Blue Mountains and Bathurst’, Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, vol. 24.

Initial data sources

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