Jacques-Louis Bance
Jacques-Louis or J. -L. Bance (17 April 1761 - 26 March 1847) was a French print dealer, publisher, engraver and artist. He was also known as Bance the Elder to distinguish him from his brother Charles, also an engraver and print dealer.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).. Il s'associe de 1831 à 1846 à son fils Balthazar Bance (1804-1862) sous la raison « Bance aîné et successeur »[1].
He became the brother-in-law of Jean-Denis Barbié du Bocage in February 1792 then the father-in-law of the print dealer Jean-Baptiste Caillard (1776-1833).[1] He died in Paris in 1847 (having stopped work as an engraver only the year before[2]) and his son inherited his business.[1] His body rests in the 18th division of the cimetière du Père-Lachaise under a small monument (belonging to the family of Hervé Bernard, great-grandfather of admiral Henri Rieunier), with the inscription "Bienfaiteur de Claville" ("Benefactor of Claville").[3]
Work
He mainly produced drawings and engravings in burin and etching on symbolic patriotic themes.
As print designer
As engraver
As publisher
References
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- ^ (in French) Registre journalier d'inhumation, 29 mars 1847, n°89147, page 18