Pierre Charles Baquoy (27 July 1759 – 4 February 1829) was a French

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and engraver, known for depictions of famous historical characters. Baquoy was born and died in

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. In his time he was considered an eminent artist-engraver and among other things was a professor of drawing and an employee of the Musee Royal. He was the illustrator of the

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edition of

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and also produced some of the engravings for the 1788-1793 Complete Works of Rousseau (''Émile'' and ''Theátre et Poesies'') He was also one of the painters depicting contemporary society in Paris for early

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magazines such as the

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Heather Belnap Jensen, ''The Journal des Dames et des Modes: Fashioning Women in the Arts, c. 1800-1815'' http://www.19thc-artworldwide.org/spring_06/articles/jens_print.html and " La Mesangere" (published between 1797 and 1839). His drawings of this kind, like those of others such as the La Mesangere editor

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and

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are considered an essential resource for the study of the fashion and society of the time.

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Caesarea (Straton’s Tower), view of Caius Caesar's Cenotaph. In the front, tents of a caravan. Between the foothills and the mountains in the back, galloping horsemen. 1799.

Frederic et Voltaire, circa 1796 - 1798

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1787 Illustration for Chapter 19 of Voltaire's ''Candide'' in "Os anos que salvaram a reputação de Voltaire" (Portuguese-language article)
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