-L. Bance (17 April 1761 - 26 March 1847) was a French print dealer, publisher, engraver and artist.
[1] Born in Claville to a farmer, he was orphaned aged nine and apprenticed to a master saddler in Évreux.
To export prints he invented a system allowing him to transport them under glass - his method remains secret.
[1] He became the brother-in-law of Jean-Denis Barbié du Bocage in February 1792 then the father-in-law of the print dealer Jean-Baptiste Caillard (1776-1833).
[1] He died in Paris in 1847 (having stopped work as an engraver only the year before[3]) and his son inherited his business.