Jacques Etienne Victor Arago b. 1790

  • Artist (Painter)
Watercolourist and marine draughtsman. Arago was employed on Louis de Freycinet's officially-sponsored French expedition around the world aboard the Uranie in 1817-20.
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Name
Jacques Etienne Victor Arago
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Marine draughtsman (ANZSIC code: 6999)
Birth date
1790
Birth place
Estagel, France
Death date
1855
Death place
Paris, France
Active Period
  • c.1817 - c.1835
Arrival
  • 12 September 1818 (Arrived Shark Bay in WA on board the 'Uranie')
Residence
  • November 1820 - 1855 France
  • 19 November 1819 - 25 December 1819 Sydney, NSW
  • Rio de Janeiro
  • Cape Horn
  • c.12 September 1818 - c.1818 Western Australia
  • c.1790 - c.1817 France
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Arago, J. (1823), 'Narrative of a Voyage round the World in the Uranie and Physicienne Corvettes', London, UK.>, <ExternalResource: Bassett, M. (1962), 'Realms and Islands: The World Voyage of Rose de Freycinet, 1817 1820', Oxford, Eng;and, UK.>, <ExternalResource: Freycinet, L. de (1825), 'Voyage autour du Monde: Atlas Historique', Paris, France.>, <ExternalResource: Freycinet, R.M. de (1927), 'Campagne de L'Uranie (1817 1820): Journal de Madame Rose de Saulces de Freycinet d'aprés le Manuscrit Original', Paris, France.>, <ExternalResource: McCormick, A. & McDonnell, D. (1987), 'Pacific Voyages and Exploration', Hordern House catalogue, Potts Point, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Moore, William (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art', 2 vols, (facsimile reprint, 1980).>, <ExternalResource: Smith, B. (1960), 'European Vision and the South Pacific 1768 1850', London, England, UK.>, <ExternalResource: (1987), 'Topographical Pictures', Christie's South Kensington catalogue,London, England, UK, 05-28.>]