Jean-Jacques Avril

Jean-Jacques Avril, "the elder" (1744–1831), was a French artist and reproductive engraver born in Paris who made about 540 engravings, some of large dimensions. He was a pupil of Johann Georg Wille. He died in Paris in 1831.
His prints bear addresses in the Rue de la Huchette and the Rue du Petit Bourbon.

His engravings include:

• Study Wanting to Hold Back Time; after François-Guillaume Ménageot
• La Vierge au linge; after Raphael.
• Mars going to Battle; after Rubens.
• Mars returning from Battle; after the same.
• A Shepherd and Shepherdess; called the Croc-en-jambe; after the same.
• Apollo with the Seasons, dancing; after Poussin.
• Diana and Actaeon; after Albani.
• Diana and Callisto; after the same.
• Venus revenging herself on Psyche; after De Troy.
• Pygmalion and Galatea; after Marillier.
• St. Genevieve; after C. van Loo.
• Fishermen returning; after Vernet.
• Travellers in a Storm; after the same.
• The Shipwreck; dated 1775; after the same.
• The Double Reoompense of Merit; after P. A. Wille, 1784.
• French Patriotism; after the same. 1788.
• The Taking of Courtrai; after Van der Meulen. 1782.
• The Passage of the Rhine; after Berchem.
• Catherine II on her Travels; after F. de Meys. 1790.
• Ulysses and Penelope; after Le Barbier.
• Combat of the Horatii and Curiatii; after the same. 1787.

• Bryan (1886–9)