# DUBOIS-DRAHONET, Alexandre-Jean [View the canonical artist record]() ## Artist - Lifespan: 1791–1829 - Profession: painter - School: French ## Biography French painter. Born and raised in Paris, Alexandre Dubois-Drahonet was a student and disciple of Neo-classical French master, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and first exhibited at the Salon in 1822. The young artist painted the future Queen of England \(Queen Victoria\) when a girl, commissioned by William IV in 1832 as part of a much larger commission of some ninety portraits of officers and soldiers in uniform \(now in the Royal Collection, Windsor\). It was part of the commission to paint a series of pictures illustrating recent changes in the uniforms and weapons of the British Army. The artist also worked for Charles X, painting a portrait of his grandson, Henri, duke of Bordeaux \(now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux\) and also worked for Louis-Philippe when duke of Orléans and after his accession. ## Related artworks - [Female Nude, Back View]() - [Female Nude, Front View]() - [Portraits of the Princess Marie de Valois]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()