Antoine Toussaint de Chazal

Antoine Toussaint de Chazal (1770–1854) na he be a French settler wey he establish as a planter for de Isle de France (now Mauritius).

Na dem born De Chazal for 15 December 1770, insyd Port Louis, Isle de France.

Na he be deputy of de district of Pamplemousses, insyd de colonial Assembly of de Isle de France.

Na he be an amateur painter wey na dem know am for ein portrait of de British cartographer den Royal Navy captain Matthew Flinders, he paint insyd 1806–1807.

De fourth edition of de Benezit Dictionary of Artists dey confuse am plus de painter Antoine Chazal (1793–1854).

He die insyd Moka, Isle de France, for 25 December 1822 wey he be an ancestor of Malcolm de Chazal.

 Work 

 Portrait of Captain Matthew Flinders, 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, Adelaide.

 References 

 External links 

 "Flinders Captain Flinders at Flinders: an exhibition of his oil portrait by Chazal", Adelaide, Flinders University Library, 1988.



Category:1770 births
Category:1822 deaths
Category:Mauritian people
Category:Mauritian politicians
Category:Mauritian people of French descent
Category:19th-century French painters
Category:People wey komot Port Louis District
Category:People wey komot Pamplemousses District
Category:Mauritian artists
Category:19th-century politicians