Alexandre-Jean Dubois-Drahonet (23 December 1790 30 August 1834) was a French painter who specialised in military art.
Biography Alexandre-Jean Dubois was the son of Claude Jacques Dubois and Angélique Victoire Gallet.
He married Élisabeth Cornelia Drahonet, daughter of the painter Pierre Drahonet (1761-1817)« Le peintre Drahonet », Bulletin de la Société historique d'Auteuil et de Passy..
He executed a great number of sketches of various national and military costumes, some of which are at Windsor. In 1828 King William IV of Great Britain commissioned a set of 100 small paintings in "oil on card", measuring 34.9 x 25.5 x 0.2 cm, illustrating the various uniforms of the British military. Most of these remain in the Royal Collection. Framed groups of them can be seen in a photograph of the Equerry's Room in Windsor Castle of around 1900. A range of ranks are shown, and the models all named; whether they were all as tall and slim as he shows them might be doubted."Cymbalist Jean Baptiste (1792-1857), Scots Fusilier Guards Signed and dated 1831", Royal Collection
He also produced a number of portraits of young boys in military uniform, including one of the Duke of Bordeaux in the Bordeaux Museum.
He died at his home in Versailles on August 30, 1834According to the act No. 593 in the civil registry of the City of Versailles, death 1834..
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Exhibitions Alexandre-Jean Dubois-Drahonet, un talent retrouvé, Versailles, Musée Lambinet, from to « Alexandre-Jean Dubois-Drahonet (1790-1834), un talent retrouvé », versailles.fr, consulté le ..
Further reading Ronald Pawly, Alexandre-Jean Dubois-Drahonet, un talent retrouvé [exhibition catalogue], Gand, Éditions Snoek, 2023, Versailles, Musée Lambinet, 2023-2024 .
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