Marie-Antoine Carême
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Marie-Antoine Carême, known as Antonin Carême, was a leading French chef of the early 19th century.
"Promenade de la galerie du Palais-Royal", 1798
"Pavillon athénien" from Carême's Le Pâtissier pittoresque, 1815
James Mayer de Rothschild
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Baron James Mayer de Rothschild was a German-French banker and the founder of the French branch of the prominent Rothschild family.
Portrait of Baronne de Rothschild by Ingres, 1848
Watercolour painting of the Great Hall at Château de Ferrières, by Eugène Lami
Grave of Rothschild in Père Lachaise Cemetery