Georges Duval
Georges Charles Victor Duval also known as Georges Duval (1851-1916) was a French architect, designer among others of banknotes, watercolourist and illustrator.
Born in Paris on October 6, 1851, Georges Charles Victor Duval was admitted to the Beaux-Arts in Paris in November 1870, in the class of architect Louis-Jules André, school where he was enrolled until 1874. He practiced drawing and watercolor, among others under the patronage of Camille Chazal. On December 21, 1877, at the town hall of the 6th arrondissement of Paris, he married Juliette Marguerite Descours, daughter-in-law of Gustave Macé, police commissioner and head of the Sureté and who was a playwright and poet under the name of Juliette de Wils (a price of the French academy bore his name).
Undoubtedly through Chazal, he worked, first alongside Jean-Baptiste Daniel-Dupuis, on behalf of the Banque de France and produced numerous watercolors intended for national and foreign currency vignettes, from the years 1880. He also executed the graphic compositions of the stamps of workers' and peasant pensions, bonds for the State railways, etc. Appointed to the courts of Paris thanks to the support of Macé, he also records crime scenes for criminal expertise.
He exhibited drawings and architectural views in the form of watercolors at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1896, inspired by the French provinces. He became a member of the Society of French Artists in 1907.
Appointed an academy officer in 1898, then a public education officer in 1900, Duval was also a member of the Central Society of Architects (1890-1912), and decorated with the Order of the Star of Romania.
Duval died on February 23, 1916 in Lyon, while going to his second home located in Saint-Raphaël.
B124b (
- MK9b
- P-78b
Purple. Boys and Cactus
- Drukarnia: BdF
- 1924-32
- 165 x 105mm
- Sig 4
- Watermark: Arab text in crescent moon; Głowa Mauretańskiej kobiety
- Like B135b
- Duval, G. FEC
- Romagnol, C. SC
B127c (
- MK27c
- P-81b
Violet. Two Boys, Bedouin with Camel; Allegory of France teaching a child
- Drukarnia: BdF
- 26/5/1933
- 182 x 116mm
- Sig 6
- Watermark: Głowa Mauretańskiej kobiety; Arab text in crescent moon
- For overprinted note, see B136a
- Duval, G. FEC
- Romagnol, C. SC
B133a (
- MK48
- P-90a
Moorish women with vases
- Drukarnia: BdF
- 22/7/1942
- 236 x 138mm
- Sig 8
- Watermark: Głowa Mauretańskiej kobiety; Rosette
- Like B128a z różnymi kolorami
B135b (
- MK10a
- P-92a
Purple. Boys and Cactus
- Drukarnia: BdF
- 20/4/1944
- 126 x 91mm
- Sig 5
- Date flanked by letters
- Watermark: „BANQUE DE L'ALGERIE” pattern
- Like B124b
- Duval, G. FEC
- Romagnol, C. SC
B136a (
- MK36
- P-93
Blue. Two Boys, Bedouin with Camel; Allegory of France teaching a child
- Drukarnia: BdF
- 1942-1945
- 196 x 119mm
- Watermark: „BANQUE DE L'ALGERIE” pattern
- Overprint on B127c
- Duval, G. FEC
- Romagnol, C. SC
B138a (
- MK37
- P-95
Violet. Two Boys, Bedouin with Camel; Allegory of France teaching a child
- Drukarnia: BdF
- 15/9/1944
- 196 x 119mm
- Watermark: „BANQUE DE L'ALGERIE” pattern
- Like B136a
- Duval, G. FEC
- Romagnol, C. SC
B102Gf (
- LK69
- P-7Db
Brown, Olive, Blue. Elephant head and trees; Arabic Text
- 12/7/1923
- 203 x 120mm
- Sig 4
- Watermark: Lion in crescent moon
- Desfontaines, H. DEL
- Duval, G. FEC
- Florian, E. SC
B103De (
- LK85
- P-9Bc
Blue, Yellow, Red. Elephant head and trees; Arabic Text
- 14/3/1929
- 203 x 120mm
- Sig 5
- Watermark: Lion in crescent moon
- Desfontaines, H. DEL
- Duval, G. FEC
- Florian, E. SC
B104Dd (
- LK108
- P-11Bb
Red, Pink, Orange. Elephant head and trees; Arabic Text
- 24/9/1926
- 203 x 120mm
- Sig 4
- Watermark: Lion in crescent moon
- Desfontaines, H. DEL
- Duval, G. FEC
- Florian, E. SC
B125 (
- KM132
- P-40
Purple, black. Ships; Dragon, Chinese text
- Drukarnia: BdF
- 28/1/1920
- 180 x 94mm
- Buff paper
- Sig 3
- Watermark: Profil głowy mężczyzny
- Like B119 without 'Décrets' text at top center
B209c (
- MK512
- P-18b
Blue, Brown.
- Drukarnia: BdF
- 14/11/1941
- Sig 7
- Watermark: Lion in crescent, Star
- Like B208 but control numbers printed in a Cartouche
- Duval, G. FEC
- Jouenne, L. SC
B211e2 (
- P-19a
Violet, Blue, Pink. Woman and Child Picking Apples
- Drukarnia: National Bank of Belgium
- 25/3/1920
- Watermark: Trajen; Roma
- Duval, G. FEC
B217f (
- P-22a
Farm Women carrying Hoes
- Drukarnia: Banca Naţională a României
- 30/8/1918
- Watermark: Trajen; Roma
- Duval, G. FEC
BNP204 20 Lei Souvenir
Allegories
- Drukarnia: Banca Naţională a României
- 1/12/2021
- Polymer
- Souvenir replica of B205 the first banknote produced by Banca Naţională a României, in 1881
- Dujardin, P. SC
- Duval, G. FEC
B205a (
- P-10a
- Drukarnia: BdF
- 2/1/1893
- Watermark: Helmeted head of Miloš Obilić
- Dupuis, D. FEC
- Duval, G. FEC
- Mouchon, E. SC
B208d (
- MK406d
- P-6b
Purple. Boys and Cactus
- Drukarnia: BdF
- 17/5/1941
- Sig 2
- Watermark: Głowa Mauretańskiej kobiety
- Pionowy nadruk „TUNISIE” po prawej stronie na Algieria B124b
- Duval, G. FEC
- Romagnol, C. SC
B217c (
- MK407c
- P-18
- Drukarnia: BdF
- 2/2/1945
- Sig 2
- Sig titles „L'INSPECTEUR GÉNÉRAL” and „CAISSIER PRINCIPAL”
- Date without letters
- Pionowy nadruk „TUNISIE” po prawej stronie na Algieria B135b
- Duval, G. FEC
- Romagnol, C. SC
B221a (
- MK433
- P-31
- Drukarnia: BdF
- 1942
- 180 x 111mm
- Sig 9
- Series 2-54
- Watermark: Two faces in profile
- Black „BANQUE DE L'ALGERIE” on Francja B946.5a
For notes with this same design, see Provisional Allegories omnibus
B950a (
- F.2.29
- P-70
- Drukarnia: BdF
- 2/7/1915
- 125 x 80mm
- Sig 2
- Astrological sign Leo for July
- Watermark: Woman's head in profile, „BANQUE DE FRANCE” text from back of note
B952d (
- F.3.12
- P-72d
Rose, Purple. Allegory of France; Dock worker carrying a sack up a ladder
- Drukarnia: BdF
- 8/5/1928
- 125 x 80mm
- Sig 3
- Watermark: Żołnierz z Marsylianki de Rude
For notes with this same design, see Marianne de Walhain omnibus
B952f (
- F.4.15
- P-83
Rose, Purple. Allegory of France; Dock worker carrying a sack up a ladder
- Drukarnia: BdF
- 28/11/1940
- 125 x 80mm
- Sig 4
- Watermark: Żołnierz z Marsylianki de Rude
- Like B952d z wyjątkiem podpisu zmienionego na „Le Caissier Général”
For notes with this same design, see Marianne de Walhain omnibus
B953d (
- F.6.11
- P-73d
Blue. Effigy of the goddess Minerva; Peasant woman resting
- Drukarnia: BdF
- 23/10/1926
- 138 x 88mm
- Sig 3
- Watermark: Merkury
- Duval, G. INV
- Romagnol, C. SC
B953f (
- F.7.1
- P-84
Blue. Effigy of the goddess Minerva; Peasant woman resting
- Drukarnia: BdF
- 2/2/1939
- 138 x 88mm
- Sig 4
- Watermark: Merkury
- Duval, G. INV
- Romagnol, C. SC
B954a (
- F.11.01
- P-74
- Drukarnia: BdF
- 22/9/1916
- 160 x 95mm
- Denomination in Blue
- Watermark: Bayard
- Duval, G. FEC
- Romagnol, C. SC
B943g (
- F.14.37
- P-64g
Allegories of Industry and Agriculture
- Drukarnia: BdF
- 12/7/1924
- 178 x 123mm
- Watermark: Głowa kobiety
- Dupuis, D. FEC
- Duval, G. FEC
- Robert, J. SC