Louis Joseph César Ducornet, an artist born without arms. Lithograph by H. Robillard.

  • Robillard, Hippolyte.
Date:
1830-1839
Reference:
269i
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Description

He paints the outline of a portrait of a man wearing a bonnet and a cravat, possibly Robillard as the canvas bears his signature

Publication/Creation

Paris (Rue Neuve-Montmorency, No. 2) : Desesserts ([Paris] : Cheau et Castille)

Physical description

1 print : lithograph

Lettering

Ducornet. Né sans bras. Peint et lithographié par Hte. Robillard.

References note

Possibly Bibliographie de la France, 19 décembre 1835, no. 1008 ("Ducornet, né sans bras. ... : lith., par Robillard. A Paris, chez Chenu, rue du Four, n. 40.")-- Image of France database no. 25913, though by a different publisher. Robillard did work with Desesserts in 1833-1834, but no portrait of Ducornet by them is recorded in the Bibliographie de la France

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Wellcome Collection 269i

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