Charles Barbant (15 July 1844,

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– 10 May 1921, Paris) was a French wood-engraver and illustrator.

Biography

His father was the engraver, Nicolas Barbant (1806–1879), from whom he received his first lessons. After having worked for the wood-engraver Jean Best (1808–1879) at the "Atelier ABL", from 1863 to 1866, he became an associate of his father. In 1871, he married Louise Angélina Gauchard; daughter of the wood-engraver, Félix-Jean Gauchard (1825–1872). Following her death in 1894, he married one of his students, . His workshop was one of the largest in Paris; specializing in wood engraving for multiple reproductions; generally in the form of a stamp. He was part of a small clique of engravers; with , Henri Théophile Hildibrand and Fortuné Méaulle, who worked for

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. Between 1869 and 1882, he was part of a group providing illustrations for the works of

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; together with illustrators such as

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, Jules Férat, Henri de Montaut,

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and

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. In the 1880s, one of his apprentices was , who later became one of the masters of Japanese wood-engraving. His son, Auguste, also became an engraver and his daughter, Blanche, married the Brazilian illustrator, Henrique Alvim Corrêa. His daughter from his first marriage, Jeanne Paule Julie, married the composer, .État civil du 6e arrondissement de Paris, acte de mariage n° 311. In addition to the illustrations for Verne, he made wood-engravings from drawings by

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