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, now housed at the

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. He also completed a pastel portrait of his friend,

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in 1851 and was promoted to Officer in 1866.

External links

Visite aux Ateliers L'Illustration Journal Universel No. 384 Vol XVI
(French)

Notable works

* ''Danse dans une Posada à Granada'', (1852) * ''Jeunette dansant au Caire'', (1866) et, (1869) * ''Matador mortellement blessé'' * ''Femmes d'Alger'' * ''Caricature of Jules-Émile Saintin'', between 1865 and 1870, watercolor,

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* ''Le Départ de l'armée de Condé ?'', (1873), * ''Le Présentateur de bijou au harem'', (1874), * ''Le Libraire'', (1875), * ''Le Marché aux fleurs sous le Directoire'', (1876).

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