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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Related collections
  • Private collection (collected in)
  • Public collections, France (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Private collection (collected in)
  • Public collections, France (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)