A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Basseporte, Madeleine Frances
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BASSEPORTE, MADELEINE FRANCES,
A French lady, celebrated for her talent in painting plants and animals, especially birds, in water-colours. She was born in 1701, and received instructions from the celebrated Robert. In 1732, she succeeded Obriette, the painter of natural history in the royal gardens, with a salary of one hundred pistoles a year. She died in 1780. Madame Basseporte also produced some good engravings.