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Léonce Angrand

Illustration — Portrait of Léonce Angrand by Eugénie Servières • Illustration — Historical view of colonial Ayacucho (c.1847) Léonce Angrand (8 August 1808 - 11 March 1886) was a French painter and draughtsman. While serving as vice-consul in Lima, Angrand "Produced albums of watercolours and drawings of cities such as Arica, Arequipa, Lima, Cuzco, Ollantaytambo, Urubamba and Tacna". According to the National Library of France, Angrand served as Consul to Edinburgh 1832–1839, and to different locations in Latin America from 1839 to 1842 and 1845 to 1856.

Also recorded as Francisco María Leoncio Angrand · Léonce-Marie-François Angrand · Leonce Angrand · Francisco Maria Leoncio Angrand

Léonce Angrand

Portrait of Léonce Angrand

Eugénie Servières · Musée Louis-Philippe, Château d’Eu · Public domain

Born
1808 · former 3rd arrondissement of Paris.
Died
1886 · 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Nationality
France
Occupation
painter · diplomat · art collector
Honours
Officer of the Legion of Honour
Languages
French · Spanish

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Illustration — Portrait of Léonce Angrand by Eugénie Servières • Illustration — Historical view of colonial Ayacucho (c.1847) Léonce Angrand (8 August 1808 - 11 March 1886) was a French painter and draughtsman. While serving as vice-consul in Lima, Angrand "Produced albums of watercolours and drawings of cities such as Arica, Arequipa, Lima, Cuzco, Ollantaytambo, Urubamba and Tacna". According to the National Library of France, Angrand served as Consul to Edinburgh 1832–1839, and to different locations in Latin America from 1839 to 1842 and 1845 to 1856.

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