Henri Alfred Jacquemart

Jacquemart exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1847 to 1879, receiving medals in 1857, 1863 and 1865. He traveled in Egypt and Turkey, and was commissioned by the city of Alexandria, Egypt, to create a colossal statue of Muhammad Ali of Egypt. He sculpted in large, medium and small scale. Many of his works were cast in bronze by the Val d' Osne foundry and some by the silversmith Christofle. Ultimately, however, he earned his reputation for his many larger animal works. In 1870 Jacquemart became a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur. Jacquemart died suddenly at his apartment in the Rue de Babylone, Paris on the night of 4 January 1896. His funeral was delayed until 13 January for the arrival of his son, Maurice, who lived in Tunis and was held at the Eglise Saint Thomas d'Aquin, Paris.

Henri Alfred Jacquemart studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Training under Paul Delaroche is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Antoine-Louis Barye is recorded as an influence. Works named in the authority record are Rhinoceros. Work by Henri Alfred Jacquemart is recorded in the collections of Musée d'Orsay and Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour.

• Sphinxes (four), La Fontaine du Palmier, Paris, 1858 • Chimera (two), La Fontaine Saint-Michel, Paris, c.1860 • Evangelists (four), Église Saint-Augustin de Paris, 1862 • Valet au chiens (Huntsman and dogs), many castings (see examples below), 1866 • Louis XII on horseback, bas relief Hotel de Ville de Compiegne, 1869 • Viceroy Mohammed Ali, Alexandria, 1872 • Statue of Sakka, Cairo, 1872 • Lions (four), originally meant to stand guard by the statue of Mohammed Ali, but fattened and lengthened by two metres and placed at the opposite entrances of Qasr al-Nil Bridge, Cairo, 1873 • Lions (eight), La Fontaine Place Félix Eboué, Paris, 1874 • Soliman Pasha, Cairo, 1874 • Mohammed Laz-oglou Bey, Cairo, 1874–5 • Rhinocéros, Paris, 1878 • Illustration — Rhinocéros outside the Musée d'Orsay, Paris • Illustration — Huntsman and dogs, Botanic Gardens, Sydney • Illustration — One of the Sphinxes of the Fontaine du Palmier, Paris • Illustration — One of the two bronze lions in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris • Illustration — Louis XII bas relief, Town Hall, Compiègne