Lemoine (Engraver) — François Ponsard. (B&W Engraving)
Paris: Lemercier, [1800s]. Original B&W gravure. 15.5 x 10.75 inches. Very Good. Signed in the plate. Scarce. Dramatic poet, he was the leader of the school of common sense which stood in the middle between the classics and the romantics. His first play Lucretia, performed in 1843, achieved great success and was crowned by the Academy; he gave Charlotte Corday in 1850, Honor and Money in 1853, The Loving Lion in 1866. Beaten at the Academy by Ernest Legouvé, he was elected on March 22, 1855 to replace Louis-Pierre Baour-Lormian, Émile Augier having withdrawn before him, and received by Désiré Nisard, on December 4, 1856. .