François Anne David (1741-1824), was a French line-engraver.
David was born in Paris in 1741, where he lived and worked all his life. He was a pupil of Le Bas, and engraved several portraits and other subjects in a neat, finished style. He died in Paris in 1824.
Portraits Louis Stanislas Xavier, Monsieur, afterwards Louis XVIII; after Drouais. Louis XVIII; full-length, in his robes; after himself. Denis Diderot; after L. M. van Loo. César Gabriel de Choiseul, Duc de Praslin; after Roslin. Catharine II, Empress of Russia; after Mlle. Durameau. Gaspard Netscher, painter, his Wife and Son; after Netscher. Charles I of England with his Family; after Van Dyck.
Subjects after various masters Adam and Eve in Paradise; after Santerre. Christ crowned with thorns; after Titian. St. Cecilia; after Raphael. The Dutch Sportsman; after G. Metsu. The Green-Market at Amsterdam; after the same. The Quack Doctor; after Karel Du Jardin. The Bull; after Paul Potter. Two Views of the Gulf of Venice; after Joseph Vernet. Two Views near Dunkirk; after the same.
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