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A man lies drunk in his chair, his last glass of drink fallen from his hand. Lithograph by Lamy, c. 1860, after Villain.

Rome: people praying at a catafalque in a church for the souls in purgatory. Coloured lithograph by F. Villain after A.J.-B. Thomas, 1823.

Jean Louis Alibert. Lithograph by F. Villain after Berthon.

Church of Santa Maria della Confraternita dell'Orazione e Morte, Rome: people visiting the chapel. Lithograph by F. Villain after A.J.-B. Thomas, 1823.

The skeleton of a clergyman called Morard dressed in clerial robes lying in a coffin. Lithograph by François Le Villain after Horace de Viel-Castel.

A military surgeon amputating the arm of soldier in the open air. Lithograph by F. le Villain.

A woman carrying a basket of eggs looks at a poor old man who is working as a chiffonnier and picking up rubbish with a stick: she exclaims that they were once lovers. Lithograph by H. Bellangé, 1826.

Marguerite du Tertre de Lamarche. Lithograph by F. Villain after A.-T. Leclerc, 1833.

A soldier takes his hat off to a lady at her table but finds that she preferred "les Lanciers". Lithograph by Villain, 1826, after H. Bellangé.

Jean-Antoine-Claude Chaptal, Comte de Chanteloup. Lithograph by Villain.

Disabled and paralysed people lying outside a wall of the cemetery Santo Spirito in Rome begging for alms from passers-by. Coloured lithograph by F. Villain after A.J.-B. Thomas, 1823.

Catalina d'Erauso, a Spanish nun who lived as a male soldier in America. Lithograph by A.L. Noël, 1833, after F. Pacheco.

An artist before a crowd painting a shop sign. Lithograph by F. Le Villain, 1822, after H. Bellangé.

A soldier having an arm amputated. Lithograph by Villain.

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François le Villain

Images from the collections

Images by François le Villain

Works from the collections

Jean-Antoine-Claude Chaptal, Comte de Chanteloup. Lithograph by Villain.

Jean Louis Alibert. Lithograph by F. Villain after Berthon.

A military surgeon amputating the arm of soldier in the open air. Lithograph by F. le Villain.

An artist before a crowd painting a shop sign. Lithograph by F. Le Villain, 1822, after H. Bellangé.

A soldier having an arm amputated. Lithograph by Villain.

Frequent collaborators

François le Villain

Images from the collections

Images by François le Villain

Works from the collections

Jean-Antoine-Claude Chaptal, Comte de Chanteloup. Lithograph by Villain.

Jean Louis Alibert. Lithograph by F. Villain after Berthon.

A military surgeon amputating the arm of soldier in the open air. Lithograph by F. le Villain.

An artist before a crowd painting a shop sign. Lithograph by F. Le Villain, 1822, after H. Bellangé.

A soldier having an arm amputated. Lithograph by Villain.

Frequent collaborators

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