Adolphe Hastrel de Rivedoux

In 1847, ten years after his passage for Réunion, he published an album of 36 views under the title Album de l’île Bourbon with Charles Lemercier.

Adolphe Hastrel de Rivedoux studied at École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr and Prytanée National Militaire. The recorded working language is French. Work by Adolphe Hastrel de Rivedoux is recorded in the collections of National Museum of Visual Arts, Musée de Villèle, National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina, Musea Brugge and Pinacoteca de São Paulo. Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Legion of Honour.

• Name — Adolphe Hastrel de Rivedoux • Born — 4 October 1804 • Birthplace — Neuwiller-lès-Saverne, Bas-Rhin • Died — 1 July 1875 • Place of death — Nantes, Loire-Atlantique • Field — Painting

He was born on 4 October 1805 in Neuwiller-lès-Saverne, Bas-Rhin, as the younger son of Lieutenant-General Baron Etienne Hastrel de Rivedoux was a general of division in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. His grandfather, Christophe Claude d'Hastrel de Rivedoux, capitain-major of infantry and chevalier de Saint-Louis, survived the Siege of Pondicherry in 1760, during the Seven Years' War. He traveled the world for twenty years and took advantage of its military missions to draw and paint landscapes, scenes of daily life, human types and costumes. His views of various cities in France, including Les Sables d'Olonne and La Rochelle, the colony of Senegal, Rio de Janeiro and other cities in South America are reproduced or referenced in many works of history, art history or dictionaries, French or foreign. Adolphe Hastrel was also interested in music and the beginnings of photography including daguerreotypes. Upon his return, he himself published a series of albums lithographiques. He died on 1 July 1875 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique.

• Arbre du Conseil près de Dacar • Tisserand à Gorée • Hameau de Hann dans l'anse de Gorée • Une habitation à Gorée (Maison d'Anna Colas) • Rio de Janeiro dessiné du sommet du Corcovado (1841) • Montevideo, lithographie, vers 1845 • Pont et aqueduc de Mr Marchand, Ravine à Marquet (1847) • Igreja de Nossa Senhoras da Glória e Santa Luzia lithography (1847) • La Rochelle - Place de l’Hôtel de Ville, ud. • Tour et église de Saint-Sauveur (La Rochelle) (1854) • Le domaine impérial de la Motte-Beuvron, en Sologne (1858)

• Illustration — La Motte-Beuvron • Illustration — Gorée-Maison Anna Colas • Illustration — Hôtel de ville de La Rochelle (dessin) • Illustration — Maison Anna Colas

Adolphe Hastrel de Rivedoux was recorded at birth as Étienne Adolphe d'Hastrel de Rivedoux. The authorities additionally record the headings Adolphe D'Hastrel, Adolphe d´Hastrel, Hastrel, Adolphe d' and d'Adolphe d'Hastrel. His recorded language was French. He was the child of Étienne Hastrel de Rivedoux. One child is recorded: Ludovic d'Hastrel.

Adolphe Hastrel de Rivedoux is recorded with the occupation military personnel. Recorded as having studied at École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr and Prytanée National Militaire.