Florent Fidèle Constant Bourgeois (5 June 1767,

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– 26 June 1841,

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)Constant Bourgeois
at data.bnf.fr was a French

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, engraver, and

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. He studied under

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, but spent much of his time in Italy. Landon mentions him as an artist distinguished for the richness of his compositions and the purity of his style, and describes three of his pictures as being in the manner of

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. He produced all of the designs for

Alexandre de Laborde Comte Louis-Joseph-Alexandre de Laborde (; 17 September 1773 – 20 October 1842) was a French antiquary, liberal politician and writer, a member of the The Académie des Sciences morales et politiques is one of five learned societies that make u ...

's study of French gardens, ''Descriptions des nouveaux jardins de la France et des ancient chateaux'' (Paris, 1808). He died at Passy (now in Paris), in June 1841. Constant Bourgeois Maison Moliere

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