Polyclès Langlois
Polyclès Langlois (29 September 1814 – 30 November 1872) was a French writer, draughtsman and painter.
Also recorded as Polycles Langlois
Polyclès Langlois

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- Name
- Polyclès Langlois
- Born
- 29 September 1814
- Birthplace
- Pont de l'Arche
- Died
- 30 November 1872
- Place of death
- Sèvres
- Occupation
- Writer, cartoonist and painter
- Nationality
- France
- Languages
- French
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Polyclès Langlois (29 September 1814 – 30 November 1872) was a French writer, draughtsman and painter.
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Polyclès Langlois (1814–1872) was a French draftsperson and painter. Born in Pont-de-l'Arche, the draftsperson died in Sèvres. Polyclès Langlois lived in Rouen and Sèvres. Languages used include French.
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Key facts
• Name — Polyclès Langlois • Born — 29 September 1814 • Birthplace — Pont de l'Arche • Died — 30 November 1872 • Place of death — Sèvres • Occupation — Writer, cartoonist and painter
Biography
Biography
Polyclès Langlois was born in Pont de l'Arche in Normandy on 29 September 1814. He was the son of Eustache-Hyacinthe Langlois. Polyclès and his older sister Espérance Langlois were both taught by their father and often assisted him with drawings and engravings. He exhibited a view of Saint-Ouen and Old Street of old Rouen at the Salon de Paris of 1861. He drew views of the monuments of Rouen and then worked at the Sèvres porcelain factory. He died in Sèvres on 30 November 1872.
Selected works
Selected works
• Illustration — Incendie de la flèche • Fontaine de la Croix de Pierre de Rouen. Eau-forte; • Samuël Bochart, né à Rouen, 1835; • Figures dehors un château dans un paysage vert, huile sur toile, 26×21 cm; • Château d'Hautot à M. le baron Lézurier de La Martel, Hautot-sur-Seine, dessin au crayon noir; • Vielle tour normande, aquarelle sur papier, 18×13 cm, 1842; • Rouen, le pont suspendu, aquarelle sur papier, 28×43 cm; • Aux portes de la ville, gouache on paper, 1850; • Église de Caudebec (pays de Caux), dessin, 1845; • La Grosse Horloge; • Saint-Amand; • Porche de l’église de Louviers; • Tour de l’horloge; • Quatre vues de Rouen et de Basse-Normandie, aquarelles; • Souvenir de Rouen, dessin au crayon noir; • Maison de la rue Impériale à Rouen, dessin à la mine de plomb; • Marché de la Basse-Vieille-Tour, à Rouen, dessin à la mine de plomb • Vue de l’église Saint-Ouen, à Rouen, dessin au crayon noir; • Composition, dessin an crayon noir; • Maisons de Rouen, dessin à la mine de plomb. • L'Abbatiale Saint-Ouen de Rouen vue depuis les ponts du Robec • Rouen, vue du quai de Paris, la cathédrale à l'arrière-plan, 1838
Gallery
Gallery
• Illustration — Sèvres plate 1863 (24 cm) Painted & signed by Polycles Langlois • Illustration — Sèvres plate ('service des fleuves et rivieres de France') Most of the set was originally sent to the French embassy in Istanbul (c 1847) Painted & signed by Polycles Langlois (9 5 in)
Galerie de l'Hôtel du Bourgtheroulde place de la Pucelle d'Orléans
Polyclès Langlois (1839) et Auguste Hibon (1840) · Description historique des maisons de Rouen - tome 2 (1841) d'Eustache de La Quérière
Maison rue aux Juifs n°9 dans laquelle est né Jouvenet
Polyclès Langlois · Description historique des maisons de Rouen - tome 2 (1841) d'Eustache de La Quérière
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Pont-de-l'Arche.
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Sèvres.
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- 1.Revue de Rouen et de Normandie, 1834
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