Description
Biographical History: Jacques Arago, watercolourist and marine draughtsman, was born in Estagel, near Perpignan, France. He, Taunay and Pellion were the artists and draughtsmen employed on Louis de Freycinet's officially-sponsored French expedition around the world aboard the Uranie which visited Australia from 1819-1819.
Louis de Sainson, watercolourist and draughtsman, was born in Paris on 26 April 1800. He began his naval career in a secretarial position at the French Atlantic port of Rochefort from 21 August 1825 until 6 January 1826, then volunteered to join the Astrolabe as a draughtsman. He was recommended to the expedition's commander Dumont d'Urville by Quoy and joined the ship at Toulon on 7 February 1826.
Robert Neill, painter and public servant, was born in Edinburgh. In both Van Diemen's Land and Western Australia Robert Neill took a particular interest in the Aboriginal people. He collected Aboriginal artefacts (later presented to the University Museum, Edinburgh) and sketched Aboriginal subjects.
This is part of a larger body of work: "Drawings by Arago and de Sainson made during French expeditions in the Pacific, includes one from the artist Niel, ca 1818-1829 / drawn by Jacques Arago, Louis de Sainson, Robert Neill"
Image Licence
Out of copyright
Image Credit
Courtesy of State Library of New South Wales
Location
Hagåtña, Guam
Country
Guam
Tags
Category
People & Society
TWW Comment
Title seems to read: "Iles Mariannes, 1818. L'bauche [?] d'une scène day combat de coqs à Agaña". Inscription lower right: "croque [?] par Js. Arago, 1818."; Inscription lower left: "La qualico [?] du papier ... la scene"
