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Nicolas Toussaint Charlet
1792Dec, 20

Nicolas Toussaint Charlet

Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, French painter and educator (d. 1845)
Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (20 December 1792 – 30 October 1845) was a French painter and printmaker, more especially of military subjects.

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