(Source: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery) The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) is delighted to announce that an exhibition of exquisite illustrations by French artists, made during Nicolas Baudin's 1800s exploration of Australia, will be coming to Tasmania for the first time in 2017. As part of an agreement between the Museum of Natural History in Le Havre, France, and six Australian museums, stunning original watercolours and drawings by expedition artists Charles-Alexandre Lesueur and Nicolas-Martin Petit will be showcased at venues across the country. In early 1802, the French explorers landed in Tasmania and...
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