Henri L'Evêque

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Departure of the British Prince Regent of Portugal, John VI. , to Brasil.

Henri L'Evêque (* December 27, 1769 in Geneva , † April 25, 1832 in Rome , different spelling Henry Levesque ) was a Swiss painter, engraver and etcher. As a trained engraver, he accompanied Horace-Bénédict de Saussure's multi-week expedition to Mont Blanc (July 1788) and published engravings from this undertaking. One of his works is very similar to the motif of the 20-franc note from the 6th series .

He opened a workshop in Geneva in which he taught enamel painting with his brothers Jean Michel (* 1772) and Jean Abraham (* 1776) .

L'Evêque later worked in Portugal; in English under the title "Costume of Portugal" (1814) a work on the courtly customs , the costumes and the clothing customs of Portugal was created. From 1812 to 1823 he stayed in England, where he exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts until 1819. The Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales appointed him their enamel painter, and in 1819 the Society of Arts awarded him a silver medal for his enamel painting.

The main works of Henri L'Evêque consisted of landscapes, enamel copies of famous works, and scenes in watercolors. An oil painting by L'Evêque is said to exist in the Maidstone Museum & Bentlif Art Gallery.

L'Evêque finally returned to Geneva in 1823 and died in Rome on April 25, 1832.

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