Francis Dormieux (1772 - 1851)

Francis Dormieux

Francois Dormieux was a French engraver and jeweler who lived and worked in Calcutta, India, in the late 18th and first half of the 19th centuries.

Francois Dormieux's own published book Hindoostany Characters (Hindoostany Characters, 1805), now in the British Library, is well known. It consists of forty very high quality engravings made from artists' drawings. They depict the people of India in their daily lives, their culture and traditions.

As a jeweler, Francois Dormieux worked in partnership with Francis Vrignon in a company called Francis Dormieux & Co. that made jewelry and beautiful silverware in the colonial style.