- Francis Hervé
a, the ancient Selymbria, on the Sea of Marmara - Drawn from nature by F. Hervé, Esq." (About 1832) Courtesy of Gürhan Altan, Istanbul]
Francis Hervé, Esquire (1781 -1850) was a French born British artist and travel writer.
He traveled in the
Levant in about 1833. Hervé was commissioned by philhellene British General Richard Church to produce a series of portraits of the leaders of theGreek War of Independence . He wrote his impressions about his journey throughHungary ,Balkan s,Turkey andGreece in a book withlithograph ed scenes and portraits drawn by himself.He was a close friend of
Madame Tussaud . Her two sons published a book on their mother’s life and career in collaboration with Francis Hervé.Bibliography
* "A residence in Greece and Turkey, with notes of the journey through Bulgaria, Servia, Hungary and the Balkan". Two volumes, 412 p. London, Whittaker & Co., (1837)
* Madame Tussaud "Memoirs and Reminiscences of the French Revolution" ed. Francis Hervé, Esq., (1838), Two volumes. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.
* "How to Enjoy Paris in 1842, a Companion and Monitor" (1842), (English)
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