Guesnu, Marie-Hilaire (January 10, 1820 - November 11, 1868)

Marie-Hilaire Guesnu (January 10, 1820 - November 11, 1868) was a artist and engraver active in Paris during the mid-19th century. He worked with a number of contemporaneous publishers, including Auguste Logerot (fl. c. 1839 - c. 1880) and Charles Chardon (1832 - 1896). He exhibited at the Paris Salon between 1842 and 1865. Cartographically he is known for two exceptionally desirable view maps of Pairs, his tourist monument map of Paris, and a view of Paris from the Bois de Boulogne. We have discovered considerable confusion regrading his dates. The most conventional dates are 1820 - 1868, but we also see 1802 - 1880, 1801 - 1868, and 1808 - 1880.