Title Terre Napoleon : Australia through French eyes, 1800-1804 / Susan Hunt, Paul Carter

Published Sydney : Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales in association with Hordern House, 1999

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Description 148 pages, 47 pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, color portraits ; 30 cm Summary Includes many exquisite watercolours from the Lesueur Collection at the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle Le Havre and explores the story behind the Baudin expedition which produced these remarkable images. A voyage born of revolutionary times, these images are what what remains of Napoleon's ambition to establish a new scientific empire Analysis EXPLORATION Exhibition catalogues (Australia,France) NATURAL HISTORY Natural history - general Notes Catalogue of an exhibition in collaboration with the Collection Charles-Alexandre Lesuer of Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, from Ville du Havre, France, and held at the Museum of Sydney, 27 February-30 May 1999 Bibliography Bibliography: page 146 Notes Text in English and French Subject Baudin, Nicolas, 1754-1803 -- Travel -- Australia. Lesueur, Charles Alexandre, 1778-1846 -- Exhibitions. Lesueur, Charles Alexandre, 1778-1846. Petit, Nicholas-Martin, 1777-1804 Petit, Nicolas-Martin, 1777-1804 -- Exhibitions. Petit, Nicolas-Martin, 1777-1804 -- Exhibitions. Muséum d'histoire naturelle du Havre -- Exhibitions Muséum d'histoire naturelle du Havre -- Exhibitions. Muséum d'histoire naturelle du Havre -- Exhibitions. Museum of Sydney on the Site of First Government House -- Exhibitions. Museum of Sydney on the Site of First Government House -- Exhibitions. Muséum d'histoire naturelle du Havre -- Catalogs. Australia in art -- Exhibitions Drawing, French -- Exhibitions. Drawing, French -- 19th century -- Exhibitions. Drawing, French -- Australia -- 19th century -- Exhibitions. Natural history illustration -- Australia -- Exhibitions. Natural history illustrators -- France -- Exhibitions. Painting, French -- Exhibitions. Painting, French -- 19th century -- Exhibitions. Painting, French -- Australia -- 19th century -- Exhibitions. Painting, French -- Australia -- Exhibitions. SUBJECT Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- In art http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002011411 -- Exhibitions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001275 Australia -- Description and travel http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009579 -- Exhibitions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001275 Australia -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009579 Australia -- Discovery and exploration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308 -- French -- Exhibitions Australia -- Discovery and exploration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308 -- French Australia -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591 -- 1788-1850 Genre/Form Exhibition catalogs. Catalogs. Art. Author Carter, Paul, 1951- Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales. Museum of Sydney on the Site of First Government House. LC no. 00002000 ISBN 0949753866 (paperback) 0949753874

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