Good impressions on thick paper. Biography Miniature painter, portraitist, caricaturist and lithographer. Stamped his mark (Lugt 1478) on prints engraved after his own compositions. Father of Eugène (q.v.) and therefore sometimes referred to as 'Isabey père'. Born in Nancy, in 1785 he went to Paris, where he worked in the studio of Jacques Louis David after an apprenticeship with Girardet and Claudot. Early in his career he received portrait commissions from Marie Antoinette (q.v.) and the dukes of Angoulême and Berry. Isabey executed a series of 228 portraits for the 'Recueil de portraits des députés de l'Assemblée Nationale' and exhibited miniatures and drawings at the Salon beginning in 1793. During Napoleon's reign he was appointed Dessinateur du Cabinet de l'Empereur, des Cérémonies et des Relations Extérieures; he was principal decorator of imperial theatres; and he did important design work for the Sèvres porcelain factory. Isabey was a significant influence on other artists. See Heal,100.38 for an image of his exhibition rooms at No.61 Pall Mall, London. (British Museum) Condition is good. Some foxing.