Jules Férat
Jules-Descartes Férat (28 November 1829 – 6 June 1906) was a French artist and illustrator, famous for his portrayals of factories and their workers. He illustrated the books of many known authors, such as Jules Verne, Edgar Allan Poe, Victor Hugo, and Émile Zola. He also contributed to the French illustrated press including the newspapers L'Illustration, Le Journal Illustré, and L'Univers Illustré.
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Jules Férat
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- Born
- 1829
- Died
- 1906
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- illustrator · painter · printmaker · draftsperson
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Jules-Descartes Férat (28 November 1829 – 6 June 1906) was a French artist and illustrator, famous for his portrayals of factories and their workers. He illustrated the books of many known authors, such as Jules Verne, Edgar Allan Poe, Victor Hugo, and Émile Zola. He also contributed to the French illustrated press including the newspapers L'Illustration, Le Journal Illustré, and L'Univers Illustré.
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Jules Verne
Jules Verne
• Novels • (1871) A Floating City, 44 illustrations • (1872) The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa, 53 illustrations • (1873) The Fur Country, 103 illustrations (with Alfred Quesnay de Beaurépaire) • (1875) The Mysterious Island, 152 illustrations • (1876) Michael Strogoff, 91 illustrations • (1877) The Child of the Cavern, 45 illustrations • Short stories • (1871) The Blockade Runners, 17 illustrations • (1875) Martin Paz, 12 illustrations • (1876) A Drama in Mexico, 6 illustrations
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Jules Férat is recorded as illustrator, painter, printmaker and draftsperson.
![Coal and coke works at Le Creusot, Saône-et-Loire: a railway siding with coal drops, railway trucks carrying coal, and colliery buildings. Wood engraving by H. Linton after J. Férat., [1874], by Jules Férat](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0039548/full/800,/0/default.jpg)
Coal and coke works at Le Creusot, Saône-et-Loire: a railway siding with coal drops, railway trucks carrying coal, and colliery buildings. Wood engraving by H. Linton after J. Férat., [1874], by Jules Férat
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Life and career
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1829
Jules Férat was born in 1829.
1906
Jules Férat died at rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis.
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