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Last Name Noël / Noel

Given Name Alexandre Jean

alt. Names A. J. N. ; Noël / Noel ;

Marriage

Children Joseph Nicolas Noël / Noel

Year born 1752 in Brie-Comte-Robert

Year died 1834

Place of death Paris

Father's occupation

Relatives Alexis Nicolas Noël / Noel (grandson) ;

Education Académie Royale de Peinture ; pupil of Silvestre and Joseph Vernet ;

Country of Activity France

Worked for abbé Jean B. Chappe d'Auteroche (1728-69); ingénieur-Géographe du Roi Pauly; Cassini: Un Voyage en Californie pour l'observation du passage de Vénus 1772

Patronage Cabinet du Roi ;

Collaborators clockmaker Dubois ; Cochin ;

Techniques topographical, landscape, and marine painting, drawing, and watercolour ;

Sample(s) http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Jean_No%C3%ABl#mediaviewer/File:Alexandre-Jean_No%C3%ABl_-_Gale_at_Sea_-_WGA16577.jpg ;

Archival sources Louvre, Cabinet des Dessins; www.transitofvenus.nl/images/sanjosedelcabo.jpg ;

Published sources AKL ; Pinault 1991: 73, 76 & 119 & et al.: 1984: 27f. ;

other expedition artist to observe Venus transit in Lower California 1769, Mexico.

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