Eugène Lampsonius

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| birth_name = Auguste-Hilaire Eugène Lampsonius

| birth_date = 1822

| birth_place = Joué-du-Bois

| death_date = 1871

| death_place = Paris

| nationality = French

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Auguste-Hilaire Eugène Lampsonius (1822–1871) was a French painter and illustrator.

He is best known for his illustrations of the works of Eugène Sue, Honoré de Balzac, and Alexandre Dumas, as well as for his graphite portraits of Comédie-Française actors. He signed these portraits as Eustache Lorsay.

Lampsonius was born in Joué-du-Bois, and died in Paris in 1871.

File:BalzacEpisodeTerror.jpg|Imaginary portrait of Charles-Henri Sanson by Eugène Lampsonius

File:Eugène Lampsonius.jpg|La reine Margot (Queen Margot), by Alexandre Dumas, illustrated by E. Lampsonius and D. Lancelot, Paris, 1855.

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References

  • {{cite book |editor-last=Osterwalder |editor-first=Marcus |title=Dictionnaire des illustrateurs (1800–1914): illustrateurs, caricaturistes et affichistes |url= |year=1983 |publisher=Hubschmid & Bouret |location=Paris |oclc=10170673 |page=640}}

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