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Jean Jacottet
Swiss painter, engraver. Worked in Paris and Bonneville. Contributed lithographs to Giuseppe Daziaro’s series of views of Moscow and St Petersburg. Lithographed the drawings of Vasily Sadovnikov and Luigi Premazzi. Contributed landscapes and architectural views to the Paris Salon (1827–39).
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