Carte de visite of Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat
Information
Title
Carte de visite of Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat
Record type
Photographs
Original Reference
P/CDV/C/29
Author or creator
Bousseton & Appert
Role
photographic business
Date
c.1865
Scope & content
Black and white 3/4 length seated studio portrait of Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat. Ink inscription on recto, 'Chevrolat'. Printed inscription on recto, 'Bousseton & Appert, Phot.'. Ink inscription on verso, 'Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat ne a Paris le 29 Mars 1799'. Printed inscription on verso, 'Medailles d'Argent anc. Maison E. Defronds Bousseton & Appert. Peintres Photographes de S.M. la Reine d'Espagne de la Maison de l'Empereur de salle Grand Duc Constantin. 21, Rue Louis-le-Grand Au Ier Etage Paris'. Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat (1799-1884) was a French entomologist. He was one of the founders of the Societe entomologique de France in 1832