Nicholas Chevalier

In late 1854 Chevalier sailed from London to Australia on board the Swallow to join his father and brother, and arrived in Melbourne on 25 December.

Chevalier and Lady Barkly later collaborated on a present for the newly married Princess of Wales in the same year.

The present was from the women of Victoria and like the dress, the chosen silver and gold flower stand design featured icons of Australian life.

In 1869 he joined HMS Galatea as an artist with the Duke of Edinburgh, on the voyage to the East and back to London with stops in Tahiti, Hawaii, Japan, China, Ceylon and India.

In January 1874 Chevalier was commissioned by Queen Victoria to travel to St Petersburg and paint a picture of the marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh.

Chevalier was a man of much personal charm and spoke fluent French, English, Russian, German, Italian and Portuguese.