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Biographical entry Lesueur, Charles Alexander

Occupation
Natural history artist

Summary

Charles Alexander Lesueur sailed with N. Baudin on his voyage to the South Pacific 1800-4. He depicted the most striking fauna to furnish the plates for the atlas which was published in France 1807-16.

Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

  • Charles Alexander Lesueur - Records, 1800 - 1804, FM 4/1698-1700; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
  • Charles Alexander Lesueur - Records, c. 1800 - c. 1804, FM 5/57-73, 88-98 and 110-113; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
  • Thomas Nicolas Baudin - Records, 1800 - 1804, ML MSS 760; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Royal Society of Western Australia

  • Charles Alexander Lesueur - Records, 1800 - 1816; Royal Society of Western Australia. Details

Published resources

Online Resources

  • National Library of Australia, 'Lesueur, Charles Alexandre', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-903614. Details

McCarthy, G.J.