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Les Grandes Ouviers Français (1890): Breguet by George Henri Ballot
For the Abraham Breguet fanatic: a portrait of A.-L. Breguet not often seen in contemporary Breguet literature. The illustration by Georges Henri Ballot (1866–1942) appears in the Camille Desfontaines book Les Grandes Ouviers Français (Gedalge, Paris 1890). If any Breguet fan has seen Ballot's Breguet drawing in any modern Breguet literature please chime in, thanks.
School notebook circa 1910...
A.-L. Breguet super fans will recognize the enclosed picture appearing in the glossary of Emmanuel Breguet's book Breguet, Watchmakers Since 1775 (1997 page 352) with the caption: Cover of school notebook featuring a portrait of Breguet , from about 1910...certainly a reproduction of George Henri Ballot's 1890 Breguet portrait.
Breguet At The Louvre An Apogee Of European Watchmaking
The passionate Breguet fan will remember a picture from the late 19th century Camille Desfontaines book (illustrated by George Henri Ballot) Les Grands ouvriers français appears in the book: Breguet At The Louvre An Apogee Of European Watchmaking (page 72). The first enclosed image is from the Camille Desfontaines book and the second image is from the Louvre book
The Breguet photo on the website looks very different.
Here's a link to the Breguet website. He looks much chubbier and younger in this photo. https://www.breguet.com/en/house-breguet/personalities
Breguet drawn by Ferdinand Raffin...Breguet lithograph by Julien-Léopold Boilly
The 20th century editions of the Camille Desfontaines book Les grands ouvriers français were illustrated by Ferdinand Raffin (1870-1948) and Raffin's Breguet is more familiar to the Breguet fan than the Georges Henri Ballot Breguet. Enclosed is a drawing of Victor Hugo by Ferdinand Raffin.
Ferdinand Raffin's Breguet will remind Breguet fans of A.-L. Breguet as Breguet appeared in the 1820-1821 series (190) of lithographs made for the l'Institut Royal de France by Julien-Léopold Boilly (1796-1874); the Boilly (l'Institut Royal de France) Breguet often appears in the Breguet literature e.g. George Daniels The Art of Breguet, Thomas Engel's A.-L. Breguet: Watchmaker to Kings, David Salomons' Breguet (1747-1823) etc.
As can be seen in the enclosed Breguet lithograph from A.-L. Breguet: Watchmaker to Kings the image is attributed to the father Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761-1845) so it may be the the lithographs were based on the father's paintings---I do not know, Breguet experts or French art experts please chime in, thank you.
Note: Iconography of the Royal Institute of France or collection of portraits of the Members composing the four academies from 1814 to 1825. 41 portraits for the series of members of the French Academy, 39 for the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres, 70 for the Academy of Sciences and 42 for the Academy of Fine Arts.(Boilly, Julien-Leopold)
Apropos of the French Academy of Science and Breguet
For the Breguet history buff or crazy Breguet fan (see enclosed 2nd page bottom of 1st column): The March 27, 1816 Journal des débats politiques et littéraires reports the election of Abraham Breguet to the Académie des sciences in 1816 by Ordonnance Du Roi concerning the rétablissement des anciennes Académies.
The curious Breguet fan can seek out the 2nd enclosed document for the full 1816 Ordonnance Du Roi.