Ambroise Tardieu (cartographer)

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Ambroise Tardieu (born March 2, 1788 in Paris , † January 17, 1841 there ) was a French engraver . He worked as a cartographer and illustrator .

Life

Born the son of the engraver Antoine François Tardieu , he followed in his footsteps. However, he was trained by his uncle Pierre Alexandre Tardieu . He then entered the service of the Naval Cartographic Service ( Dépôt des cartes et plans de la Marine ) and then of the Cartographic Service for Fortifications ( Dépôt des fortifications ). Between 1811 and 1814 he was transferred to the forest administration.

He then ran his own studio with an attached shop, in which he made and sold prints for postcards and books. Although he worked quickly and finely, he had only moderate success. In addition to his business as an engraver, he also worked as a publisher, and from 1823 to 1824 he published the magazine La Muse française .

One of his main works was Iconographie universelle, ancienne et moderne , in which he published the portraits of around 800 famous people between 1820 and 1828. Furthermore, his interpretation of the deployment of the Napoleonic army to the battle of Austerlitz with the title La colonne de la Grande Armée d'Austerlitz . A volume with 36 copper engravings. He also illustrated books such as the novel Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grèce by Jean-Jacques Barthélemy .

Ambroise Tardieu was a member of the Société de Géographie .

The pathologist Auguste Ambroise Tardieu was one of his two sons.

Publications (selection)

  • Maps in relation to anglaise de la bataille de Waterloo, ou du Mont Saint-Jean, et des évènements qui l'ont précédée ou suivie, accompagnée des rapports français, prussien et espagnol, d'un plan très exact , 1815
  • Maps in Atlas de geographie ancienne pour servir à l'intelligence des œvres de Rollin , 1819
  • Iconography universelle, ancienne et moderne, 1820 to 1828, example: digitized
  • La colonne de la Grande Armée d'Austerlitz , 1822 to 1823,
  • Illustration from Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grèce , 1824
  • Maps in Manuel législativ de la garde nationale , 1831
  • Illustrations and maps in Louis-Philippe de Ségurs Histoire universelle , 1836

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SURNAME Tardieu, Ambroise
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French engraver and cartographer
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1788
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH January 17, 1841
Place of death Paris