Prosper Merimee, French author, historian and archaeologist Finish:Rolled His publications include An Introductory

His publications include An Introductory Treatise on the Lunar Theory (1896) and Tables of the Motion of the Moon (1919)

viewed in Plan & Section

The model for the painting is possibly George White

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Prosper Merimee, French author, historian and archaeologist Finish:Rolled His publications include An IntroductoryProsper Merimee, French author, historian and archaeologist, 1861. Merimee (1803 1870) is best remembered for his novella Carmen which was the inspiration for Bizet's opera of the same title. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L'Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1855 1915, 7th album, Editions MD, Paris.