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(2) (Ambroise-)Louis Garneray
(b Paris, 19 Feb 1783; d Paris, 11 Sept 1857). Painter, illustrator and museum keeper, son of (1) Jean-François Garneray. He studied briefly with his father, before embarking as an apprentice on the frigate La Forte. After narrowly avoiding capture by the English in the Ile-de-France in 1799, he worked briefly as a draughtsman for a boatbuilder in Mauritius and then returned to sea on an expedition to chart the coast of Madagascar. His short but picturesque career at sea ended when he was taken prisoner by the English in 1806. During his confinement in a prison-ship in Portsmouth, Garneray learnt English and made an income by painting portraits. In 1814 he returned to France, took lessons in aquatint from Philibert-Louis Debucourt and was appointed marine painter to Louis de Bourbon, Duc d’Angoulême (1775–1844). He also painted for Charles, Duc de Berri, and exhibited the first of many shipping scenes in 1815. His collaboration with Etienne Jouy on Vues des côtes de France dans l’océan et dans le Mediterranée (Paris, 1823), illustrating the ports of France, gave him the opportunity to travel along the French coasts from 1820 to 1823, drawing the views that he later engraved to illustrate the text. In 1827 he was sent to Greece to paint a work commemorating the Battle of Navarino (exh. Salon 1831; Versailles, Château).
Part of the Garneray family
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