Jacques-Gérard Milbert
Illustration — Jacques-Gérard Milbert, painted by Jean-Sébastien Rouillard (1831) Jacques-Gérard Milbert (18 November 1766 – 5 June 1840) was a French naturalist and artist. Milbert was a pupil of the landscape painter Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, and went on to teach drawing at the Parisian school of mines – the École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris – from 1795. In 1800, Milbert embarked on Nicolas Baudin's voyage to Australia.
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Jacques-Gérard Milbert
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- Born
- 1766 · Paris.
- Died
- 1840
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- explorer · painter · naturalist · traveler
- Honours
- Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Jacques-Gérard Milbert, painted by Jean-Sébastien Rouillard (1831) Jacques-Gérard Milbert (18 November 1766 – 5 June 1840) was a French naturalist and artist. Milbert was a pupil of the landscape painter Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, and went on to teach drawing at the Parisian school of mines – the École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris – from 1795. In 1800, Milbert embarked on Nicolas Baudin's voyage to Australia.
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Born at Paris in 1766, died in 1840.
The recorded working language is French. Work by Jacques-Gérard Milbert is recorded in the collections of Auckland Art Gallery and Picker Art Gallery. Distinctions recorded are Legion of Honour.
Machine for the Portage on the Susquehanna by Jacques Gérard Milbert, 1828 from Milbert's ‘Itinéraire Pittoresque du Fleuve Hudson’ lithograph chine colle, Susquehanna River Art Collection
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