Louis Le Breton

French ships Astrolabe and Zélée, by Le Breton
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Louis Le Breton (15 January 1818 – 30 August 1866) was a French painter who specialised in marine art.

Le Breton studied medicine and took part in Dumont d'Urville's second voyage aboard the Astrolabe. After the official illustrator of the expedition died, Le Breton replaced him.

From 1847 he devoted himself mainly to depicting marine subjects for the French Navy.

Colour illustration of two ships in battle
Le Breton's illustration of HMS Majestic engaging HMS Tonnant at the Battle of the Nile

Occult

Louis Le Breton executed 69 illustrations of occult demons, for the 1863 edition of Dictionnaire Infernal by Collin de Plancy.[1]

illustration of a large wasp creature with a skull and crossbones on each wing
An illustration by Le Breton from Dictionnaire Infernal

See also

References

  1. ^ Peter Fitting, Subterranean Worlds: A Critical Anthology, page 208 (Wesleyan University Press, 2004). ISBN 9780819567239
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