Auguste Laguillermie

He was born to Eugénie, née Hime, and Frédéric-Guillaume Laguillermie (1805–1870), an engraver and printer, who was the associate cartographer for Victor Levasseur.

[1] He received his initial training in his father's studio then, in 1861, entered the École des Beaux-Arts, where he studied etching with Léopold Flameng, and painting with William Bouguereau.

In 1862, he became one of the first members of the original Société des aquafortistes [fr], founded by Alfred Cadart, who published several of his early plates.

Later, during the Commune, he was able to remain in Paris by taking refuge in the studios of his teacher, Bouguereau, who had fled to La Rochelle.

Its governing committee included publishers such as Henri Floury [fr], Alphonse Lemerre and Pierre-Jules Hetzel.