JACQUES LE MOYNE DE MORGUES
Name: Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues
Born: 1533
Died: 1588
Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (c. 1533 - 1588) was a French artist and member of
Jean Ribault's expedition to the New World. His depictions of Native American,
colonial life and plants are of extraordinary historical importance.
Born in Dieppe, France, Le Moyne was an artist who accompanied the French
expedition of Jean Ribault and René Laudonnière in from 1562, when they arrived
at the St. Johns River, to 1564, when they founded Fort Caroline. Painting in
the Calvinist style, he is mostly known for his artistic depictions of the
landscape, flora, fauna, and, most importantly, the inhabitants of the New World
encountered by the French and Spanish. His drawings of the cultures commonly
referred to as the Timucua (known through their reproduction by the Dutch
publisher Theodor de Bry) are largely regarded as some of the most accessible
data about the cultures of the Southeastern Coastal United States, however, many
of these depictions and maps are currently being questioned by historians and
archaeologists as to their authenticity. During this expedition he became known
as a cartographer and an illustrator as he painted landscapes and reliefs of the
land they crossed.
Ribault explored the mouth of the St. Johns River in Florida and erected a stone
monument there before leading the party north and establishing a settlement on
Parris Island, South Carolina. He then sailed back to France for supplies while
Laudonniare took charge of the colony. Finding conditions unfavorable on Parris
Island Laudonniare and the others eventually moved back to Florida where they
founded Fort Caroline on the St. Johns Bluff in what is now Jacksonville.
A year later, the settlers engaged in a conflict with the Spanish colony of St.
Augustine thirty miles to the south. The Spanish, under the leadership of Pedro
Menendez de Aviles, stormed the colony and killed most of the Huguenots, though
Laudonniare and Le Moyne escaped and were eventually rescued to England.
Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (about 1533-1588, Apple (Malus pumila Millervar),
1568-1572, Watercolour and body colour on paper V&A Museum no. AM.3267Y-1856
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Name: Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues
Born: 1533
Died: 1588
Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (c. 1533 - 1588) was a French artist and member of
Jean Ribault's expedition to the New World. His depictions of Native American,
colonial life and plants are of extraordinary historical importance.
Born in Dieppe, France, Le Moyne was an artist who accompanied the French
expedition of Jean Ribault and René Laudonnière in from 1562, when they arrived
at the St. Johns River, to 1564, when they founded Fort Caroline. Painting in
the Calvinist style, he is mostly known for his artistic depictions of the
landscape, flora, fauna, and, most importantly, the inhabitants of the New World
encountered by the French and Spanish. His drawings of the cultures commonly
referred to as the Timucua (known through their reproduction by the Dutch
publisher Theodor de Bry) are largely regarded as some of the most accessible
data about the cultures of the Southeastern Coastal United States, however, many
of these depictions and maps are currently being questioned by historians and
archaeologists as to their authenticity. During this expedition he became known
as a cartographer and an illustrator as he painted landscapes and reliefs of the
land they crossed.
Ribault explored the mouth of the St. Johns River in Florida and erected a stone
monument there before leading the party north and establishing a settlement on
Parris Island, South Carolina. He then sailed back to France for supplies while
Laudonniare took charge of the colony. Finding conditions unfavorable on Parris
Island Laudonniare and the others eventually moved back to Florida where they
founded Fort Caroline on the St. Johns Bluff in what is now Jacksonville.
A year later, the settlers engaged in a conflict with the Spanish colony of St.
Augustine thirty miles to the south. The Spanish, under the leadership of Pedro
Menendez de Aviles, stormed the colony and killed most of the Huguenots, though
Laudonniare and Le Moyne escaped and were eventually rescued to England.
Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (about 1533-1588, Apple (Malus pumila Millervar),
1568-1572, Watercolour and body colour on paper V&A Museum no. AM.3267Y-1856
Victoria and Albert Museum, London