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Last Name Mayer

Given Name Auguste Etienne François

alt. Names A. E. F. M. ; Auguste Mayer, sometimes also misspelled M. A. Meyer ;

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Year born 1805 in Brest, Finistère

Year died 1890

Place of death Brest, Finistère

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Country of Activity France

Worked for Joseph Paul Gaimard (1793-1858): Voyage en Islande et au Groenland executé pendant les années 1835 et 1836 sur la corvette La Recherche commandé par M. Trébouart (7 text volumes 1838-1852 & 3 atlas volumes);

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Collaborators artist L. Bevalet ; artist R. de Cornulier ; lithographer J. Guiaud ;

Techniques geographical, natural history, and animal painting and drawing ; also known for landscapes

Sample(s) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:La_Recherche.jpg ;

Archival sources

Published sources AKL ; ThB 24 1930: 463 ; Peter Richards: medieval Lepers 2000: 108-10 ; Nissen: Zoolog. Buchillustration 1969/78 ## 1468f. ;

other Sweden. arctic expedition artist on board of the corvette "La Recherche" 1835-6;

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