Jacques Barraband
Ornithological illustrator
Died when: 41 years 31 days (493 months)Star Sign: Virgo
Jacques Barraband (or Pierre-Paul Barraband) (1767? (baptized 1768), Aubusson (Creuse), France–1 October 1809, Lyon) was a French zoological and botanical illustrator, renowned for his lifelike renderings of tropical birds.
His pictures were based on mounted specimens and his illustration was considered the most accurate ones made during the early 1800s.
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