Vue de Valparaiso, Chili

Location

Country: Chile
City: Santiago
Place: British Embassy

Draughtsman and painter for the French Navy Barthelemy Lauvergne was born in Toulon, southern France, on 7 April 1805. He trained under painter and illustrator Pierre Letuaire. Lauvergne began his career as secretary to Captain Dumont d'Urville aboard the ‘Astrolabe’, from 1826 to 1829. He was also secretary to Cyrille Pierre Théodore Laplace and draughtsman aboard ‘La Favorite’ from 1830 to 1832 and was painter on ‘La Bonite’ during its circumnavigation under French admiral Auguste Nicolas Vaillant (1838-49). Lauvergne’s paintings were shown at the Salon in Paris. He died in Carcès, Var, southeastern France, on 16 November 1871.

Places

Pacific Ocean, South America, Chile, Valparaiso

Subjects

gaucho, horseback, topography, genre, lama, dog, horse, snow, mountain, 19th century costume, hat, poncho, bolas

Materials & Techniques

lithograph, coloured lithograph

Artist

Barthelemy Lauvergne (1805 - 1875)

Title

Vue de Valparaiso, Chili

Date

published 1841-1852

Medium

Coloured lithograph

Acquisition

Purchased from the Parker Gallery, November 1961

GAC number

5674