André-Hippolyte Lemonnier (Paris, 1794–1871) was a French

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ist and traveler.

Biography

Son of the painter

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, he completes legal studies and graduates in law at the

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in 1817 and becomes a

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. He was secretary of the

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from 1827 to 1831 and member of the Roman Academy of the Tiber. He published in 1832 Souvenirs d'Italie.

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