Milbert, Jacques-Gérard
Jacques-Gérard Milbert (November 18, 1766 - June 5, 1840) was a French artist and naturalist. He trained under Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes and taught drawing at the École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris. Afterwards, he embarked on a series of voyages that took him to different corners of the world. He joined Nicolas Baudin's voyage to Australia in 1800 as one of the expedition's appointed artists, but fell out with the captain and left the expedition before it reached its destination. Nevertheless, he published Voyage pittoresque à l'Ile de France, au Cap de Bonne Espérence et à l'Ile de Ténériffe on his return to France. Afterwards, in 1815, he moved to the United States of America, where he would live for eight years. Based in New York City, Milbert travelled extensively throughout New England and Upstate New York, producing drawings and collecting natural history specimens that were sent back to the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris. He returned to France in 1823 to teach again at the mining school and published his accounts and drawings of the United States.
View from Southie.
Pl. 2 / No. 42 / Amérique Septentrionale Etat de Massachusetts / Vue du Boston prise du pont du Sud / View of Boston and the South Boston Bridge / Adspectus Boston captus exponte meridiei / Ansicht von Boston von der Südbrücke.
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A charming 1828 view of Boston, Massachusetts by Jacques-Gérard Milbert. It displays the city as it was quickly transforming, including through the addition of new land by filling in parts of Boston Harbor. (more details)