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Last Name Orbigny

Given Name Charles Henry Dessalines d'

alt. Names C. H. D. d'O. ; Charles Dorbigny ;

Marriage

Children

Year born 1806 in Couëron, France

Year died 1876

Place of death Paris, France

Father's occupation

Relatives zoologist, paleontologist, and geologist ->Alcide Dessalines d'Orbigny (1802-1857) (brother)

Education

Country of Activity France

Worked for Dictionnaire Universel d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris 1849, 2nd ed.1861, 3 vols with 288 hand colored engravings) ; Tableau synoptique du règne végétal d'après la méthode de M. A.-L. de Jussieu, modifiée par M. A. Richard ;

Patronage Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN) ;

Collaborators illustrator ->Édouard Traviès ; illustrator ->Susemihl ; illustrator ->Blanchard ; illustrator->Paul L. Oudart ; illustrator ->Jean G. Pretre ; illustrator ->Maubert ;

Techniques zoological drawing and lithography ; hand-colouring

Sample(s) http://fine-art-prints-store.com/index.php?manufacturers_id=44 ; www.girafamania.com.br/artistas/charles-orbigny.jpg

Archival sources http://fineantiqueprintsandart.com/artists.php?manufacturerid=16 ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Henry_Dessalines_d%27Orbigny

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