Louis Auguste de Sainson b. 26 April 1800

Also known as De Sainson
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
A watercolourist and draughtsman, Louis Auguste de Sainson was born in Paris on 26 April 1800. He began his lengthy naval career in a secretarial position in France which enabled him to travel to Australia and create hundreds of drawings and engravings.
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Citations

  • Chapman, B. (1979), 'The Colonial Eye’, Perth: Art Gallery of Western Australia catalogue.

  • Collins, R.D.J. (1985), 'A note on de Sainson’s views in Westernport Bay’, La Trobe Library Journal, Volume 9, Number 36, December.

  • Dumont d’Urville, J. (1830), 'Voyage de la Corvette L’Astrolabe, Histoire du Voyage’, Paris, France, 1830-33, (5 volumes).

  • Eagle, Mary (2000), 'Exploration and Transformation: Australian Landscape and the Artistic Imagination’, Corrigan, Belinda (ed.), Perth, Western Australia: Holmes à Court Gallery.

  • Giacomelli, H. (1862), 'Raffet, son Oeuvre Lithographique et ses Eaux-Fortes’, Paris, France.

  • de Sainson, L. (ed.) (1835), 'Voyage autour du Monde de la Corvette … La Favorite: Album Historique’, Paris, France.

  • Smith, Bernard (1960), 'European Vision and the South Pacific 1768-1850’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • '[Personal file]’, Vincennes, France: French Naval Archives, Service Historique de la Marine, Chàteau de Vincennes.

  • Dumont d’Urville, J. (1833), 'Atlas Historique’, Paris, France.

  • Dumont d’Urville, J. (1829), Rapport à l’Académie Royale des Sciences de l’Institut, Paris, France.

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