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Henri de Sta

French illustrator Henri de Sta was born in Versailles in 1846 as Arsène Henri Saint-Alary. He began his career around 1882 with La Vie Artistique and the publishing house of Léon Vanier. Coming from a military family, garrison life became a regular theme in his career. De Sta worked as a humorous illustrator for Le Chat Noir since 1892. He also published in Le Paris Bouffon (1885), Le Rire (1897) and Le Charivari (1900). He composed military alphabets, illustrated songs and produced comics for La Chronique Amusante from 1896, and for Les Contes Moraux et Merveilleux of the printing firm Pellerin d'Epinal. He is known for his decoratice caps alphabet Armée Française: Nouvel Alphabet Militaire (1883). de Sta died in 1920. Bibliodyssey link.

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