Blondela

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
A draughtsman and naval officer with La Pérouse, several of Blondela's drawings appeared in Atlas, though none were featured Australian subjects. It is thought that any Australian works that Blondela executed perished along with the artist when his ship L'Astrolabe was wrecked in the Solomon Islands.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1992
Name
Blondela
Death date
1788
Death place
Vanikoro Island, Solomon Islands
Death note
Shipwrecked
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Naval officer
  • Topical draughtsman
Active Period
  • c.1788-
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

topographical draughtsman and naval officer, was a lieutenant on board L’Astrolabe , one of the two ships of the La Pérouse expedition. Blondela acted as draughtsman during the voyage, but although some of his earlier drawings were reproduced in the published Atlas no Australian works are known, all presumably perishing with Blondela when L’Astrolabe was wrecked off Vanikoro ( see Duché de Vancy ).

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Duché de Vancy
Artist (Painter), Artist (Draughtsman)
Citations:
  • McCormick, T. (ed.), (1987), First Views of Australia 1788-1825, (Place: Sydney, NSW)
  • Brosse, J. (translated by S. Hochman), (1983), Great Voyages of Exploration, (Place: Lane Cove, NSW)