upright=1.21, Portrait of Captain Matthew Flinders (circa 1806–1807), who circumnavigated and charted the coast of Australia Antoine Toussaint de Chazal (1770–1854) was a French settler established as a planter on the (now Mauritius). De Chazal was born on 15 December 1770, in Port Louis, . He was deputy of the district of Pamplemousses, in the colonial Assembly of the . He was an amateur painter and is known for his portrait of the British cartographer and

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Matthew Flinders Captain (Royal Navy), Captain Matthew Flinders (16 March 1774 – 19 July 1814) was a British Royal Navy officer, navigator and cartographer who led the first littoral zone, inshore circumnavigate, circumnavigation of mainland Australia, then ...

, painted in 1806–1807. The fourth edition of the ''

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'' confuses him with the painter Antoine Chazal (1793–1854). He died in Moka, , on 25 December 1822 and is an ancestor of Malcolm de Chazal.

Work

* Portrait of Captain

, oil on canvas, 50x64.5 cm. Gift of David Roche in memory of his father, J.D.K. Roche, and the South Australian Government 2000, to the Art Gallery of South Australia,

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References

External links

* "Flinders Captain Flinders at Flinders: an exhibition of his oil portrait by Chazal", Adelaide,

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Library, 1988. * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chazal, Antoine Toussaint de 1770 births 1822 deaths Mauritian politicians Mauritian people of French descent 19th-century French painters People from Port Louis District People from Pamplemousses District Mauritian artists 19th-century politicians