Léon COGNIET (Paris 1794 - 1880) Album of 116 portraits of fellow members of the Institut in 1848 Bound with fillets 26 x 35cm Binding damaged (edge missing) Each sheet glued at the four corners (small folds) Page 1: three vignettes including a portrait of Meissonnier in black pencil, pen and brown ink Page 2: two vignettes including a portrait of David D'Angers and Picot in pen and brown ink Page 3: three vignettes including a portrait of Meissonnier, one of Prince Napoléon and one of R. Fleury in pen and brown ink Page 4: one sheet with a portrait of Granet and Pradier in pen and brown ink Page 5 : a sheet with a portrait of E. Delacroix in pen and brown ink Page 6 : two sheets with a portrait of Hittorff and one of Flandrin in pen and brown ink Page 7: one sheet with a pen and brown ink portrait of Gatteaux Page 8: two leaves with a portrait of Robert Fleury and one of Nanteuil in pen and brown ink Page 9: one sheet with a portrait of Rambuteau in pen and brown ink, brown wash Page 10: three vignettes with a portrait of Peletier and one of Augustin Hesse in pen and brown ink Page 11: two leaves with a portrait of Balthard and one of Coudère in pen and brown ink Page 12 : two sheets with a portrait of Raoul Rochette in pen and brown ink Page 13: two sheets with a portrait of Reynaud in black pencil and pen and brown ink Page 14: one sheet with a portrait of Ramey and one of Nanteuil in pen and brown ink Page 15 : two sheets with two portraits by H. Vernet in pen and brown ink Page 16 : one sheet with five head studies in pen and brown ink Page 17 : one sheet with six head studies including a portrait of Nanteuil and Ramey (?) in pen and brown ink Page 18 : a sheet with seven head studies, including a portrait of Berlioz in pen and brown ink Page 19 : a sheet with two head studies in pen and brown ink Page 20 : one sheet with three head studies, including a portrait of Turpin De Crissé and David d'Angers in pen and brown ink Page 21 : one sheet with eight head studies including two portraits of Rossini in pen and brown ink Page 22 : one sheet with four head studies including a portrait of Pastoret in pen and brown ink Page 23 : one sheet with three head studies in pen and brown ink Page 24 : two vignettes with a portrait of Monsieur Lacombe in pierre noire Page 25 : one sheet with five head studies including a portrait of Nanteuil in pen and brown ink Page 26 : two sheets with five head studies in pen and brown ink Page 27: two leaves including a portrait of Halévy, one of Pastoret and one of Fontaine in pen and brown ink Page 28 : four vignettes including a portrait of Ingres, one of the Duc D'Aumale and one of Gatteaux in pen and brown ink and black pencil Page 29 : two leaves including a portrait of H. Vernet, dated lower right August 10, 1848; pen and brown ink and black pencil Page 30: two leaves with four studies for a portrait of Prince Napoleon in pen and brown ink Page 31 : four vignettes including a portrait of Gilbert and one of David D'Angers in pen and brown ink Page 32: two vignettes including a portrait of Augustin Hesse and Auber or Heim (?) in pen and brown ink Page 33: two vignettes including a portrait of A. Thomas (?) in pen and brown ink Page 34: recto: three vignettes including a portrait of Laisne, verso: one sheet with five head studies including a portrait of Gilbert in pen and brown ink Page 35: two sheets of head studies in black pencil and pen and brown ink Page 36 : one sheet with a head study in pen and brown ink Page 37 : one sheet of two head studies in pen and brown ink Page 38 : a sheet with a female nude and two portraits Page 39 : a sheet with a portrait by Miller, one by Paulin and another by Delaunay Page 40: recto: two leaves with three head studies in pen and brown ink and verso one leaf with three head studies, including a portrait of Cherubini in pen and brown ink Page 41: recto: one sheet with three head studies, including a portrait of Pastoret; verso: one sheet with two head studies in iron gall ink. Page 42: two leaves with two portraits in pen and brown ink Page 43: recto: three vignettes including a portrait of Gilbert in black pencil and pen and brown ink and verso one sheet with two head studies Page 44: two leaves with four head studies, including a portrait of Lambert in black pencil Page 45: recto: three vignettes with four head studies, including one portrait