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MARIE FRANÇOIS SADI CARNOT
RABELAIS
DEATH AND THE WOODCUTTER
THE CLIFFS AT GRUCHY
THE VIRGIN, INFANT JESUS AND SAINT JOHN
ALGERIAN MONKEYS
WOODS NEAR LA HAYE
VUE DU PONT DES SAINTS-PÈRES
THE BURROWER AND HIS COMPANION
THE VISIT

Alfred Salmon

Portrait de M. Carnot

1888

Alfred Salmon

French, active 1863 - 1894

Biography

French, active 1863 - 1894
Nationality: French
Notes:
Printer
From British Museum website:
Alfred Salmon (publisher/printer; French; Male; 1863 - 1894; fl.)
Also known as
Salmon, Alfred; Salmon, Alfred Fortuné; Salmon, A; Salmon & Ardail; Ardail, Adolphe
Address
187 rue St Jacques (from 1880).
Biography
Copper-plate printer. Born in 1825, trained by Chardon aîné at Rue Hautefeuille. Set up his printing business when took over Rémond's business in 1863. In 1890-1894 in partnership with Adolphe Ardail (1835-1911), trading as Salmon & Ardail. In 1894 the premices at 187 Rue St Jacques were taken over by Salmon's son-in-law, and in 1895 by his grandson Alfred Louis Porcabeuf (b.1867)
Bibliography
C. Inizan, 'L'illustration d'art: de la taille douce à la litho', in "Livraisons d'histoire de l'architecture", No.11, 2006, pp.83-94.