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Noel Lemire
​(1724-1801)

Noel Lemire antique engraving
Noel Lemire (1724-1801)
 
Lemire was born at Rouen in 1724. He studied engraving under Jacques-Philippe Le Bas (1707-1783). He engraved plates for numerous publications including Jean de la Fontaine’s Contes, 1762 and Ovid’s Metamorphoses. This latter publication was published by Lemire and Pierre François Basan between 1767 and 1771. Additional illustrative work included plates for Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Julie.
Of the ‘talented’ group of 18th century French engravers, Hind recognised Lemire, together with Nicolas Delaunay and Joseph de Longueil, ‘for the excellent preciseness of their work.’  
 
Collections
 
British Museum, London
 
Literature
 
Hind, A M (1963 reprint), A History of Engraving and Etching, Dover Publications
Mackenzie, I (1988), British Prints, Antique Collectors’ Club
Redgrave, S (1970 reprint), A Dictionary of Artists of the English School, Kingsmead Reprints
Williamson, G C Ed. (1904), Bryan’s Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, George Bell and Sons


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