French engraving — Blanchard, Jean-Baptiste Marie Auguste II

Jean-Baptiste Marie Auguste II Blanchard (printmaker; French; Male; 1792 - 1849).

Also known as: Blanchard, Auguste Jean Baptiste Marie; Blanchard, Auguste; Blanchard, Auguste II
Engraver, eldest son of Auguste père; never signed with his complete name (Auguste Jean Baptiste Marie), prefering to use 'Aug. Blanchard' or simply 'Blanchard' instead; however, also signed as 'Blanchard fils (1812/16), 'Blanchard fils ainé' (1815), 'Blanchard ainé' (1825/40); and since he himself had a son named Auguste, he signed some of his later plates as 'Blanchard père' (1845/49); therefore confusion with his own father still occurs.