Victor-Armand Poirson
Victor-Armand Poirson was a French illustrator and cartoonist.
Biography
He illustrated Salammbô by Gustave Flaubert in 1887, L'Âne de Lucius in 1887, The War of Carlo du Monge in 1886, The Tale of the Archer by Armand Silvestre in 1883. He also worked for the illustrated newspapers La Vie moderne, Le Chat noir, and Le Journal de la jeunesse.He died on 13 February 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