Guillaume-Alphonse Harang (Cabasson)

Guillaume-Alphonse Harang, known as Cabasson (1814-1884), son of Robert and Augustine Élisabeth Harang née Recavel, Guillaume Cabasson entered the Academy of Fine Arts in Rouen, where he became a resident and could thus come to Paris to complete his studies.

He can, within the School of Fine Arts in Paris follow the courses of the sculptor Pierre-Jean David d'Angers, but especially of the painter Paul Delaroche, with whom he studies history painting. The latter made him his assistant and charged him with restoring the stained glass windows of certain churches in Rouen, including that of Saint-Patrice, in the years 1840-1843. It was again in Rouen that he obtained his first distinction, a gold medal, for his painting The Captivity of Saint-Louis, during the exhibition of Norman arts and artists in 1840 in the same city.

Delaroche, who worked on the paintings in the hemicycle of the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris until 1843, asked Cabasson to make all the drawings to be used in the design of this fresco.

He exhibited at the Salons from 1841 to 1882.

In 1878, he became a professor at the School of Decorative Arts in Paris and received the Legion of Honor.

Algeria
B117a (
  • MK1a
  • P-71a
) 5 Francs Mercury and Farmer
Blue.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1892-1925
  • 129 x 90mm

  • Watermark: BANQUE / 5 FRANCS / de L'ALGERIE / 5 and Lion
Algeria
B118a (
  • MK8a
  • P-72a
) 20 Francs Mercury and Hercules
Blue.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1898-1912
  • 153 x 98mm

  • Watermark: BANQUE / 20 FRANCS / de L'ALGERIE / 20 and Lion

  • Bellenger, Albert SC
  • (F)

  • Pannemaker et Fils SC
  • (B)
Algeria
B119a (
  • MK16a
  • P-73a
) 50 Francs Cherubs
Blue.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1902-1910
  • 157 x 109mm

  • Counterfoil
  • Watermark: BANQUE / 50 FRANCS / de L'ALGERIE / 50 and Lion
Algeria
B120a (
  • MK26a
  • P-74a
) 100 Francs Allegorical Boys Representing Industry and Agriculture
Blue.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1901-1919
  • 180 x 120mm

  • Counterfoil
  • Watermark: BANQUE / 100 FRANCS / de L'ALGERIE / 100 and Lion
Algeria
B121a (
  • MK34a
  • P-75a
) 500 Francs Allegories of Fortune and Mercury
Blue.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1898-1923
  • 196 x 120mm

  • Counterfoil
  • Watermark: BANQUE / 500 FRANCS / de L'ALGERIE / 5 and Lion
Algeria
B122a (
  • MK42a
  • P-76a
) 1000 Francs Allegories of Navigation and Industry
Blue.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1892-1925
  • 232 x 135mm

  • Counterfoil
  • Watermark: BANQUE / 1000 FRANCS / de L'ALGERIE / 1000 and Lion

  • Robert, J. SC
  • (F)

French Guiana
B201 (
  • K.201
  • P-1
) 5 Francs Cabasson
Blue.
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1911)


  • Robert, J. SC
  • (F)

  • Wullschleger, Ch. SC
  • (B)
Guadeloupe
B306 (
  • K.101
  • P-6c
) 5 Francs Cabasson
Blue, reddish-brown.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1874


  • Robert, J. SC
  • (F)

  • Wullschleger, Ch. SC
  • (B)
B307p face
B307p face
Guadeloupe
B307p (
  • K.102
  • P-7c
) 5 Francs Cabasson
Red; Black.
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1934-1943)
  • Sig 1


  • Robert, J. SC
  • (F)

  • Wullschleger, Ch. SC
  • (B)
Martinique
B210 (
  • K.301
  • P-5C
) 5 Francs Cabasson
Blue; Black.
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1934-1945)


  • Robert, J. SC
  • (F)

  • Wullschleger, Ch. SC
  • (B)
B212c face
B212c face
Martinique
B212c (
  • K.303
  • P-6
) 5 Francs Cabasson
Purple; Green.
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1934-1945)


  • Robert, J. SC
  • (F)

  • Wullschleger, Ch. SC
  • (B)
Martinique
B211 (
  • K.302
  • P-6A
) 5 Francs Cabasson
Red; Green.
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1934-1945)


  • Robert, J. SC
  • (F)

  • Wullschleger, Ch. SC
  • (B)
Martinique
B213 (
  • K.304
) 5 Francs Cabasson
Blue; Green.
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1934-1945)


  • Robert, J. SC
  • (F)

  • Wullschleger, Ch. SC
  • (B)
New Caledonia
B204a (
  • KM466
) 5 Francs Seated Men
Blue, black.
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND
  • 119 x 76mm
  • Unissued
New Caledonia
B205a (
  • KM467
) 20 Francs Seated Men
Blue, black.
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND
  • 147 x 87mm
  • Unissued

  • Wullschleger, Ch. SC
  • (B)
New Caledonia
B206a (
  • KM464
  • P-4
) 100 Francs Standing Men
Blue, black.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 187_
  • 177 x 122mm

  • Counterfoil

  • Robert, J. SC
  • (F)

  • Wullschleger, Ch. SC
  • (B)
New Caledonia
B207a (
  • KM465
) 500 Francs Standing Men
Blue.
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1878)

  • Counterfoil

  • Robert, J. SC
  • (F)

  • Wullschleger, Ch. SC
  • (B)
Reunion
B203 (
  • K.403
  • P-13
) 5 Francs Cabasson
Blue; black.
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1874)


  • Wullschleger, Ch. SC
  • (B)
B207g face
B207g face
Reunion
B207g (
  • K.404g
  • P-14
) 5 Francs Cabasson
Red; Black.
  • Printer: BdF
  • ND (1938)


  • Wullschleger, Ch. SC
  • (B)
B101 face
B101 face
Senegal
B101 (
  • LK2b
  • P-A1
) 5 Franc Cabasson
Blue; Black.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1874
  • Unsigned Replacement


  • Wullschleger, Ch. SC
  • (B)
Tunisia
B201 (
  • MK401
  • P-1
) 5 Francs Mercury and Farmer
Blue.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1892-1925
  • 129 x 90mm

  • Watermark: BANQUE / 5 FRANCS / de L'ALGERIE / 5 and Lion

Tunisia
B202a (
  • MK405
  • P-2a
) 20 Francs Mercury and Hercules
Blue.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1898-1909
  • 153 x 98mm

  • Watermark: BANQUE / 20 FRANCS / de L'ALGERIE / 20 and Lion


  • Bellenger, Albert SC
  • (F)

  • Pannemaker et Fils SC
  • (B)
Tunisia
B203a (
  • MK409a
  • P-3a
) 50 Francs Cherubs
Blue.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1904-1908
  • 157 x 109mm

  • Counterfoil
  • Watermark: BANQUE / 50 FRANCS / de L'ALGERIE / 50 and Lion

Tunisia
B204a-b (
  • MK415a
  • P-4
) 100 Francs Allegorical Boys Representing Industry and Agriculture
Blue.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1904-1908
  • 180 x 120mm

  • Counterfoil
  • Watermark: BANQUE / 100 FRANCS / de L'ALGERIE / 100 and Lion

Tunisia
B205 (
  • MK420
  • P-5
) 500 Francs Allegories of Fortune and Mercury
Blue.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1912-1926
  • 196 x 120mm

  • Counterfoil
  • Watermark: BANQUE / 500 FRANCS / de L'ALGERIE / 5 and Lion

Tunisia
B206 (
  • MK426
  • P-7
) 1000 Francs Allegories of Navigation and Industry
Blue.
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1892-1925
  • 232 x 135mm

  • Counterfoil
  • Watermark: BANQUE / 1000 FRANCS / de L'ALGERIE / 1000 and Lion


  • Robert, J. SC
  • (F)

F.30.34 face
F.30.34 face
France/Old Francs
F.30.34 (
  • F.30.34
  • P-66l
) 500 Francs Bleu et Rose
Hercules and Mercury
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1/29/1931
  • 242 x 140mm
  • Sig 9
  • Same design as 500F Rose et Bleu type of 1842

  • Counterfoil
  • Watermark: 500F/Cinq cents Fr/BANQUE DE FRANCE
  • Barré INV
  • Barré SC
  • (F)

France/Old Francs
F.31 (
  • F.31
  • P-88
) 500 Francs Bleu et Rose
  • Printer: BdF
  • 1/29/1931
  • 242 x 140mm

  • Counterfoil
  • Watermark

  • Barré INV
  • Barré SC
  • (F)

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