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 18806. 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 6, 1916 in Lyon, going to his second home located in Saint-Raphaël.
B124b (
- MK9b
- P-78b
Purple. Boys and Cactus
- Printer: BdF
- 1924-32
- 165 x 105mm
- Sig 4
- Watermark: Arab text in crescent moon; Moorish Woman's head in profile
- Like
- Duval, G. FEC
- Romagnol, C. SC (F)
B127c (
- MK27c
- P-81b
Violet. Two Boys, Bedouin with Camel; Allegory of France teaching a child
- Printer: BdF
- 5/26/1933
- 182 x 116mm
- Sig 6
- Watermark: Moorish Woman's head in profile; Arab text in crescent moon
- See for this issue with overprint
- Duval, G. FEC
- Romagnol, C. SC (F+B)
B133a (
- MK48
- P-90a
Moorish women with vases
- Printer: BdF
- 7/22/1942
- 236 x 138mm
- Sig 8
- Watermark: Moorish Woman's head in profile; Rosette
- Like B128a with different colors
B135b (
- MK10a
- P-92a
Purple. Boys and Cactus
- Printer: BdF
- 4/20/1944
- 126 x 91mm
- Sig 5
- Date flanked by letters
- Watermark: BANQUE DE L'ALGERIE pattern
- Like
- Duval, G. FEC
- Romagnol, C. SC (F)
B136a (
- MK36
- P-93
Blue. Two Boys, Bedouin with Camel; Allegory of France teaching a child
- Printer: BdF
- 1942-1945
- 196 x 119mm
- Watermark: Banque de l'Algerie
- Overprint on
- Duval, G. FEC
- Romagnol, C. SC (F+B)
B138a (
- MK37
- P-95
Violet. Two Boys, Bedouin with Camel; Allegory of France teaching a child
- Printer: BdF
- 9/15/1944
- 196 x 119mm
- Watermark: BANQUE DE L'ALGERIE text
- Like
- Duval, G. FEC
- Romagnol, C. SC (F+B)
B125 (
- KM132
- P-40
Purple, black. Ships; Dragon, Chinese text
- Printer: BdF
- 1/28/1920
- 180 x 94mm
- Buff paper
- Sig 3
- Watermark: Man's Head in Profile
- Like B119 without 'Décrets' text at top center
- Duval, G. FEC
- Ruffe, L. SC (F)
B102Gf (
- LK69
- P-7Db
Brown, Olive, Blue. Elephant head and trees; Arabic Text
- 7/12/1923
- 203 x 120mm
- Sig 4
- Watermark: Lion in crescent moon
- Desfontaines, H. DEL
- Duval, G. FEC
- Florian, E. SC (F)
B103De (
- LK85
- P-9Bc
Blue, Yellow, Red. Elephant head and trees; Arabic Text
- 3/14/1929
- 203 x 120mm
- Sig 5
- Watermark: Lion in crescent moon
- Desfontaines, H. DEL
- Duval, G. FEC
- Florian, E. SC (F)
B104Dd (
- LK108
- P-11Bb
Red, Pink, Orange. Elephant head and trees; Arabic Text
- 9/24/1926
- 203 x 120mm
- Sig 4
- Watermark: Lion in crescent moon
- Desfontaines, H. DEL
- Duval, G. FEC
- Florian, E. SC (F)
B209c (
- MK512
- P-18b
Blue, Brown.
- Printer: BdF
- 11/14/1941
- Sig 7
- Watermark: Lion in crescent, Star
- Like B208 but control numbers printed in a Cartouche
- Duval, G. FEC
- Jouenne, L. SC (F)
B211e2 (
- P-19a
Violet, Blue, Pink. Woman and Child Picking Apples
- Printer: National Bank of Belgium
- 3/25/1920
- Watermark: Trajen; Roma
- Duval, G. FEC (F)
B217f (
- P-22a
Farm Women carrying Hoes
- Printer: Banca Naţională a României
- 8/30/1918
- Watermark: Trajen; Roma
- Duval, G. FEC (F+B)
BNP204 20 Lei Souvenir
Allegories
- Printer: Banca Naţională a României
- 12/1/2021
- Polymer
- Souvenir replica of B205 the first banknote produced by Banca Naţională a României, in 1881
- Dujardin, P. SC
- Duval, G. FEC (F+B)
B205a (
- P-10a
- Printer: BdF
- 1/2/1893
- Watermark: Helmeted head of Miloš Obilić
- Dupuis, D. FEC
- Duval, G. FEC
- Mouchon, E. SC (F)
B208d (
- MK406d
- P-6b
Purple. Boys and Cactus
- Printer: BdF
- 5/17/1941
- Sig 2
- Watermark: Moorish woman’s head
- Vertical TUNISIE overprint at right on
- Duval, G. FEC
- Romagnol, C. SC (F)
B217c (
- MK407c
- P-18
- Printer: BdF
- 2/2/1945
- Sig 2
- Sig titles L'INSPECTEUR GÉNÉRAL and CAISSIER PRINCIPAL
- Date without letters
- Vertical TUNISIE overprint at right on
- Duval, G. FEC
- Romagnol, C. SC (F)
B217c (
- MK407c
- P-18
Purple. Boys and Cactus
- Printer: BdF
- 2/2/1945
- Sig 2
- Sig titles SECRETAIRE GÉNÉRAL and CAISSIER PRINCIPAL
- Date without letters
- Watermark: BANQUE DE L’ALGÉRIE pattern
- Like B217a signature titles LE SECRETAIRE GÉNÉRAL and CAISSIER PRINCIPAL
- Vertical TUNISIE overprint at right on
- Duval, G. FEC
- Romagnol, C. SC (F)
B221a (
- MK433
- P-31
- Printer: BdF
- 1942
- Sig 9
- Series 2-54
- Watermark: Two faces in profile
For notes with this same design, see Provisional Allegories omnibus
- Black BANQUE DE L'ALGERIE overprint on unissued 100F Banque de France note, type of 1892
F.2.29 (
- F.2.29
- P-70
- Printer: BdF
- 7/2/1915
- 125 x 80mm
- Sig 2
- Astrological sign "Leo" for July
- Watermark: Woman's head in profile, 'Banque de France' text from back of note
F.3.12 (
- F.3.12
- P-72d
Rose, Purple. Allegory of France; Dock worker carrying a sack up a ladder
- Printer: BdF
- 5/8/1928
- 125 x 80mm
- Sig 3
- Watermark: Soldier from the Marseillaise de Rude
For notes with this same design, see Marianne de Walhain omnibus
F.4.15 (
- F.4.15
- P-83
Rose, Purple. Allegory of France; Dock worker carrying a sack up a ladder
- Printer: BdF
- 11/28/1940
- 125 x 80mm
- Sig 4
- Watermark: Soldier from the Marseillaise de Rude
For notes with this same design, see Marianne de Walhain omnibus
- Like with signature title changed to 'Le Caissier Général'
F.6.11 (
- F.6.11
- P-73d
Blue. Effigy of the goddess Minerva; Peasant woman resting
- Printer: BdF
- 10/23/1926
- 138 x 88mm
- Sig 3
- Watermark: Mercury
- Duval, G. INV
- Romagnol, C. SC (F)
F.7.1 (
- F.7.1
- P-84
Blue. Effigy of the goddess Minerva; Peasant woman resting
- Printer: BdF
- 2/2/1939
- 138 x 88mm
- Sig 4
- Watermark: Mercury
- Like with signature title changed to 'Le Caissier Général'
- Duval, G. INV
- Romagnol, C. SC (F)
F.11.01 (
- F.11.01
- P-74
- Printer: BdF
- 1916
- 160 x 95mm
- Denomination in Blue
- Watermark: Bayard
- Duval, G. FEC
- Romagnol SC (F)
F.14.37 (
- F.14.37
- P-64g
Allegories of Industry and Agriculture
- Printer: BdF
- 7/12/1924
- 178 x 123mm
- Watermark: Woman's Head
- Dupuis, D. FEC
- Duval, G. FEC
- Robert, J. SC (F)