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Victor-Armand Poirson (May 19, 1858 – February 13, 1893) was a French illustrator and cartoonist.

Biography

He illustrated Salammbô by Gustave Flaubert in 1887, L'Âne de Lucius (translation by Paul-Louis Courier) in 1887, The War of Carlo du Monge in 1886, The Tale of the Archer by Armand Silvestre in 1883 (engraved watercolors by Gillot). He also worked for the illustrated newspapers La Vie moderne, Le Chat noir, and Le Journal de la jeunesse.

He died on February 13, 1893, at his home in the 6th arrondissement, in Paris.

Works

Illustrated books

• Armand Silvestre, Le Conte de l'Archer, Paris, Lahure, 1883
• Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels, Quantin, 1884
• Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield, 1885
• Gustave Flaubert, Salammbô, Paris, Quantin, 1887
• Catullus, Thetis and Peleus, Paris, Quantin, 1889

References

1. Archives de Paris, acte de naissance reconstitué (vue 42/51)
2. Archives de Paris 6th, acte de décès No. 345, année 1893 (vue 23/31)

External links

• 1858 births
• 1893 deaths
• French editorial cartoonists
• 19th-century French illustrators