Thérèse Eléonore Lingée (

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Thérèse-Éléonore Hémery; –January 22, 1818) was a French engraver, known for her crayon manner stipple engravings. She engraved religious subjects,

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and portraits. She was from a French family of engravers.

Life and career

Thérèse Eléonore Lingée was born as Thérèse-Éléonore Hémery in , in

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. She was from a family of noted engravers. Her older sister was engraver Marguerite Hémery (later known as Marguerite Ponce); and her brother was engraver Antoine-François Hémery. She married the engraver (c. 1748–1819); and later married artist J. F. Lefèvre. Lingée was a member of the Royal Academy of Marseille. Her artwork is in museum collections, including at the

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in New York City; the

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in Williamstown, Massachusetts; the

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in Copenhagen; the

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in London; and the

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in Washington, D.C..

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* 1750s births Date of birth uncertain 1818 deaths 18th-century French printmakers Artists from Paris French engravers French women engravers {{France-engraver-stub