studied painting under Michele Busuttil, and was later sent to the Accademia di San Luca in Rome by Grand Master Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc
United Kingdom
Engelmann Graf Grinder & Co. ; Nathanial Wallich (1786-1854): Plantae Asiaticae (1829-32) ; Francis Bauer ; John Forbes Royle ; James Bateman: Orchidaceae (1837-43) ; Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778–1823) in Egypt ; John Forbes Royle: Illustr. of the Botany & Natural History of Himalayan Mountains vol 2, 18 ;
Indian painter ->Gorochand ; Indian painter ->Vishnupersand ; Miss ->S. A. Drake ; printer Paul Gauci (active 1834-1866) (son) ; colorist John Clark ;
botanical, archaeological, and ethnological drawing and lithography ; also portraiture
Francis Bauer: orchidaceous 1830-8; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantae_Asiaticae_Rariores
National Portrait Gallery, London; www.oxforddnb.com/templates/article.jsp?articleid=2072&back=
Oxford DNB ; Nissen: Botan. Buchillustration 1966 #1690; Zoologische Buchillustration 1969/78 ; Lack 1987: 184f.,192f. ; Lack: Eden 2008 ; W. Blunt; Indian Botanical Paintings, 1980: 30 ; Th. Hoquet: Botan. Authority, Isis 105(2014): 522 ; Raymond Lister: Prints & printmaking (1984) ; Dictionary of Maltese Biographies 2(2009): 917 ;
Mostly known for his portraits & publications in botany, active mostly in London, 1816ff. Further Place of Activity: Egypt.
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