Charles-Alexandre Lesueur b. 1 January 1778

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Natural history artist. Leseur travelled to Australia with a French expedition at the beginning of the nineteenth century, his drawings and etchings of local flora and fauna were of major significance.
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associate of
Nicolas Baudin
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associate of
Bory de St Vincent
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associate of
Lieutenant Louis De Freycinet
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associate of
Nicholas Petit
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associate of
William McClure
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associate of
Charles Willson Peale
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child of
Jean-Baptiste-Denis Lesueur
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child of
née Thieullent Charlotte Génévieve Lesueur
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associate of
Nicolas-Martin Petit
1778
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
associate of
François Auguste Péron
1778
Artist (Draughtsman)

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References [<ExternalResource: Baudin, N. (1974), 'The Journal of Post Captain Nicolas Baudin', trans. C. Cornell, Adelaide, South Australia.>, <ExternalResource: Bénézit, E. (1948), Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, 8 vols, Paris, France.>, <ExternalResource: Bonnemains, J., Forsyth, E. and Smith, B. (1988), 'Baudin in Australian Waters', Melbourne, Victoria.>, <ExternalResource: Ducker, S.C. (1977), 'History of Australian phycology: The significance of early French exploration', Brunonia 22.>, <ExternalResource: Gaoy, J., 'Les meduses de François Péron et Charles Lesueur (1775-1810 et 1778-1846) revelées par les velius de Lesueur', Bulletin Trim. Societé Geologié, Normandie et Amis Museé de Havre.>, <ExternalResource: Mander-Jones, P. (1963), 'Artists who sailed with Baudin and Flinders', Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, (South Australian Branch) Volume 65 Issue 4.>, <ExternalResource: Manneville, P. (1979), 'Charles-Alexandre Lesueur: Sa famille-son enfance', Ann. Musee Havre 14.>, <ExternalResource: Péron, F. and de Freycinet, L. (1807), 'Voyage des Découvertes aux Terres Australes Exécuté...sur les Corvettes Le Géographe, Le Naturaliste, et la Goetellt Le Casuarine, pendant les Années 1800, 1801, 1802 et 1804. Redig? **CHECK** par M.F. Péron et Continué par M. Louis Freycinet', 2 vols and Atlas, Paris, France.>, <ExternalResource: Ducker, S.C. and Woelkerling, W. (1987), 'Lesueuria minderiana gen. et sp. nov. (Corallinaceae Rhodophyta) from southern and western Australia', Phycologia 26.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Ingram, T.>]