Ornismya allardi Bourcier, 1839 (1 Viewer)

[Taphrospilus]

Ornismya allardi Bourcier, 1839 OD 1839 - Revue zoologique - Biodiversity Heritage Library No clear dedication

A couple of pages before we can find 1839 - Revue zoologique - Biodiversity Heritage Library

Allard (Auguste.)
Allard (Eugène.)

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Metaltail sp. Ornismya allardi Bourcier, 1839 NCR [Alt. Tyrian Metaltail; JS Metallura tyrianthina]
Jean-Baptiste d'Allard (1769–1848) flourished under the first French Empire and constructed (1810) the building in Montbrison that is now a museum named after him. He spent his life collecting 'curiosities' and acquired the collection of Baron Feutrier in which the original specimen of the hummingbird was found. He had no descendant and left the museum and its contents to his fellow townsfolk.

Note: OD tells us (Col. J. B.). This is Jules Bourcier. So why the story of Baron Feutrier?

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Lt. Jean-Baptiste d'Allard (1769-1848) French Army, collector of curiosities, philanthropist, founder of Jardin d'Allard, Montbrison (syn. Metallura tyrianthina).

Death Record 3NUMEC1/3E148_29 - Montbrison.-Naissances, Mariages, Décès, Publications de mariages. - 1848 p. 154/211 as Jean-Baptiste Joseph d'Allard

So at least I am not 100% convinced at the moment that the dedication is for him. Mulsant also dedicated a beetle at a M. Allard Mémoires de l'Académie royale des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Lyon. Section des sciences | 1869 | Gallica or Monographie des Coccinellides

An Eugène Allard was artist in Lyon Eugène Allard. And there was an entomologist Ernest Allard (1820–1900).

 

[Björn Bergenholtz]

Ornismya allardi Bourcier, 1839 OD 1839 - Revue zoologique - Biodiversity Heritage Library No clear dedication
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Note: OD tells us (Col. J. B.). This is Jules Bourcier. So why the story of Baron Feutrier?
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Death Record 3NUMEC1/3E148_29 - Montbrison.-Naissances, Mariages, Décès, Publications de mariages. - 1848 p. 154/211 as Jean-Baptiste Joseph d'Allard

So at least I am not 100% convinced at the moment that the dedication is for him. Mulsant also dedicated a beetle at a M. Allard Mémoires de l'Académie royale des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Lyon. Section des sciences | 1869 | Gallica or Monographie des Coccinellides

An Eugène Allard was artist in Lyon Eugène Allard. And there was an entomologist Ernest Allard (1820–1900).

Martin, re. "Oiseau-Mouche d’Allard" ...

Note that Jules Bourcier himself wrote the following phrases (published in 1840):

LE D'ALLARD
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Le nom que nous avons donné à cette nouvelle espèce est celui d’un des amateurs distingués de France, qui possède un des plus beaux cabinets d’histoire naturelle, comprenant tout ce que les trois règnes de la nature offrent de plus rare et de plus intéressant. Cette précieuse collection, commencée par le baron Feutrier, a cela remarquable, qu’elle possède plussier animaux qui ont appartenu à Buffon, avec qui Feutrier était en relation. Ces collections, enriches chaque jour et annotées par M. d’Allard avec une rare persévérance, attirent à Montbrison l’attention et la curiosité de tous les étrangers de distinction. Puisse cette légère marque de notre profonde estime prouver à ce naturaliste notre admiration pour une vie toute consacrée aux bienfaits, aux sciences et aux arts.

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To me (helped only by Google translate), this doesn't sound like a local Lyonnais Painter/Artist ...

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[Taphrospilus]

You convinced me. Thank's. But maybe it is worth to add his additional name Joseph to the BOW key.