Eugène Lampsonius

Eugène Lampsonius
Born Auguste-Hilaire Eugène Lampsonius
1822
Joué-du-Bois
Died 1871
Paris
Nationality French
Known for Illustration
Portraiture

Auguste-Hilaire Eugène Lampsonius (1822–71) was a French painter and illustrator.

He is best known for his illustrations of the works of Eugène Sue, Honoré de Balzac, and Alexandre Dumas, as well as for his graphite portraits of Comédie-Française actors. He signed these portraits as Eustache Lorsay.

Lampsonius was born in Joué-du-Bois, and died in Paris in 1871.

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