Ange-Louis Janet (26 November 1815 – 22 November 1872) also known under the pseudonym Janet-Lange, was a French painter,

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and engraver.

Biography

Born in Paris, Janet was admitted in 1833 at the

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in the workshops of

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and

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. He made his debut at the

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in 1836 and continued to participate until 1870. He painted hunting scenes, military costumes and portraits and composed paintings retracing episodes of French history, such as the

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from 1853 to 1856,''Histoire de la Guerre d'Orient'', illustrated by Janet-Lange, ornée de cartes géographiques by A.-H. Dufour, G.Barba, Paris, 1856
on line on archive.org
. the

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(1859) and the

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from 1861 to 1867. He provided illustrations for newspapers such as ''

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'', ', the ''

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'' and the '. He also did some book illustration, including for the French edition of

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's ''The Young Franc-Tireurs'' (1873), Librairie Hachette, Paris. Henty like the illustrations so much that he got '' electros'' from the wood blocks and used them to illustrate the story when it was serialised in ''

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'' in preference to the illustrations for the English edition. Janet died in Paris on 22 November 1872 at the age of 61.

References

Bibliography

* David Karel, ''Dictionnaire des artistes de langue française en Amérique du Nord: peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs, graveurs, photographes, et orfèvres'', Presses Université Laval, 1992,
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