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C1821
Institute Royal de France Academie de Sciences (Geographie) Buache, (Jean Nicholas) Premier Geographer du Roi…
Portrait of Phillipe Buache (1700-1773). Buache was a well known French cartographer and publisher who succeeded his relative, Delisle. He re-published many maps by Delisle and Jaillot. He was best known for his theoretical work on the physical aspects of geography. … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Institute Royal de France Academie de Sciences (Geographie) Buache, (Jean Nicholas) Premier Geographer du Roi…
Date:
C1821
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving in the crayon manner.
Image Size:
190mm
x 260mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1821
Description:
Portrait of Phillipe Buache (1700-1773). Buache was a well known French cartographer and publisher who succeeded his relative, Delisle. He re-published many maps by Delisle and Jaillot. He was best known for his theoretical work on the physical aspects of geography. He believed in the concept of a southern continent.
Louis-Leopold Boilly (1761 - 1845)
Boily was a French painter and draftsman. A gifted creator of popular portrait paintings, he also produces a vast number of genre paintings vividly documenting French middle-class social life. His life and work spanned the eras of monarchical France, the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Empire, the Bourbon Restoration and the July Monarchy
