Auguste Étienne François Mayer

Mayer traveled in the Netherlands, Sweden, Iceland and Norway and toured Turkey and Egypt in the company of Adrien Dauzats and Isidore Taylor. He taught drawing at the École Navale, holding an appointment as a professor. He became a Chevalier in the Legion of Honour on 2 January 1839 and rose to Officer of the Legion in 1867. He was born in Brest in 1805 and died there in 1890.

The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are marine. Works named in the authority record are View from Spitzbergen. Work by Auguste Étienne François Mayer is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, Finnish National Gallery, Australian National Maritime Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art and Maritime Museum. Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Legion of Honour.

• Illustration — Glorious battle of the ship Bucentaure against three English ships, 21 October 1805 (1836) • Illustration — Taking of the Diamond Rock, near Martinique, 2 June 1805 (1837) • Illustration — The evening of the Battle of Navarino, 1827 (1840) • Illustration — Naval Battle of Episkopi in 1323 (1841) • Illustration — Capture of the English ship Nelson, of 50 18-pounder guns, by the Bordeaux privateer Bellone, of 32 8-pounder guns, on 13 August 1804 (1846) • Illustration — The frigate Herminie (1860) • Illustration — The capture of the Lord Nelson by the French privateer Bellone, on 14 August 1803 (1872)

Auguste Étienne François Mayer is recorded as painter, illustrator, lithographer and printmaker.