Portrait of Jean-Francois Champollion

Portrait of Jean-Francois Champollion. Born 23 December 1790 in Figeac, France. Died 4 March 1832 in Paris, France. Photolithography after Leon Cogniet (1794-1880), 1899. Good condition. Paper slightly soiled. Verso: blank. Dimensions: 219 x 184 mm. Jean-Francois Champollion was Orientalist, Philologist, Egyptologist, Knight of the Legion of Honour, "Champollion le Jeune", "Champollion l'Egyptien", Known as the decipherer of Egyptian hieroglyphs, and Founding figure in the field of Egyptology.