Collections Online | British Museum

Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience.

Pierre Didot

Also known as: Pierre Didot; primary name: Didot, Pierre
Details: individual; publisher/printer; French; Male
Life dates: 1761-1853
Biography: Printer and publisher of luxuriously illustrated books. Son of Francois Ambroise Didot (1730-1804) and brother of Firmin (1764-1836). Pierre took over from his father in 1789. Known for his 'editions du Louvre', five huge folio books which he presented as national works. In 1822, he passed the company on to his son Jules Didot.
Bibliography: Carol Osborne, 'Pierre Didot the elder and French book illustration 1789-1822', doctoral thesis, Stanford, 1979

164 related objects

book; print

Title: Voyage pittoresque aux glaciers de Chamouni |
Museum number: 1958,0712.3073.1-7 |
Producer name: After:Gabriel Lory le filsAfter:Gabriel Lory le père |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Printed in:Paris (France)Published in:Paris (France)

book; print

Title: Voyage pittoresque de Genève à Milan par le Simplon. |
Museum number: 1958,0712.2983.1-35 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gabriel Lory le pèrePrint made by:Gabriel Lory le fils |
Production date: 1811 |
Production place: Printed in:Paris (France)Published in:Paris (France)

booklet; print

Title: Voyage pittoresque aux glaciers de Chamouni |
Museum number: 1958,0712.3002.1-7 |
Producer name: After:Gabriel Lory le filsAfter:Gabriel Lory le père |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Printed in:Paris (France)Published in:Paris (France)

drawing

Title: Vue de la Galerie d'Issel. |
Museum number: 1958,0712.2975.22 |
Producer name: BIOG200506 Attributed to:Théophile Steinlen |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Title: Vue du Pont de Crevola. |
Museum number: 1958,0712.2975.27 |
Producer name: BIOG200506 Attributed to:Théophile Steinlen |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Title: Vue du Village de Simplon. |
Museum number: 1958,0712.2975.15 |
Producer name: BIOG200506 Attributed to:Théophile Steinlen |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Title: Vue prise de la sortie de la galerie de Schalbet. |
Museum number: 1958,0712.2975.11 |
Producer name: BIOG200506 Attributed to:Théophile Steinlen |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Title: Ponte Alto. |
Museum number: 1958,0712.2975.20 |
Producer name: BIOG200506 Attributed to:Théophile Steinlen |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Title: Vue de l'emplacement de l'hospice du Simplon. |
Museum number: 1958,0712.2975.14 |
Producer name: BIOG200506 Attributed to:Théophile Steinlen |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Title: Les Eaux d'Amphion près d'Evian. |
Museum number: 1958,0712.2975.2 |
Producer name: BIOG200506 Attributed to:Théophile Steinlen |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Title: Vue de l'Isola Bella. |
Museum number: 1958,0712.2975.31 |
Producer name: BIOG200506 Attributed to:Théophile Steinlen |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Title: La Cascade de Pissevache. |
Museum number: 1958,0712.2975.6 |
Producer name: BIOG200506 Attributed to:Théophile Steinlen |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Title: Vue du lac Majeur et des Isles Borromées |
Museum number: 1958,0712.2975.30 |
Producer name: BIOG200506 Attributed to:Théophile Steinlen |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Title: Vue de Sesto. |
Museum number: 1958,0712.2975.34 |
Producer name: BIOG200506 Attributed to:Théophile Steinlen |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Title: Vue de Geneve depuis Cologni |
Museum number: 1958,0712.2975.1 |
Producer name: BIOG200506 Attributed to:Théophile Steinlen |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Title: Vue de la Galerie d'Algaby. |
Museum number: 1958,0712.2975.16 |
Producer name: BIOG200506 Attributed to:Théophile Steinlen |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Title: Vue de la Galerie de Schalbet. |
Museum number: 1958,0712.2975.12 |
Producer name: BIOG200506 Attributed to:Théophile Steinlen |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Title: Ponte Alto. |
Museum number: 1958,0712.2975.18 |
Producer name: BIOG200506 Attributed to:Théophile Steinlen |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Title: Vue des Bords du Lac de Geneve. |
Museum number: 1958,0712.2975.3 |
Producer name: BIOG200506 Attributed to:Théophile Steinlen |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Title: Le Pont de Saint-Maurice. |
Museum number: 1958,0712.2975.5 |
Producer name: BIOG200506 Attributed to:Théophile Steinlen |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Title: Vue de l'Isola Bella prise de Stresa. |
Museum number: 1958,0712.2975.32 |
Producer name: BIOG200506 Attributed to:Théophile Steinlen |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Title: Vue de l'Extrémité du Lac de Geneve. |
Museum number: 1958,0712.2975.4 |
Producer name: BIOG200506 Attributed to:Théophile Steinlen |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Title: Vue de la Galerie et du Pont de Ganther. |
Museum number: 1958,0712.2975.10 |
Producer name: BIOG200506 Attributed to:Théophile Steinlen |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Title: Vue de l'intérieur de la grande Galerie. |
Museum number: 1958,0712.2975.19 |
Producer name: BIOG200506 Drawn by:Théophile Steinlen |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Title: Vue du pont de Baveno et de l'Isola Madre. |
Museum number: 1958,0712.2975.29 |
Producer name: BIOG200506 Attributed to:Théophile Steinlen |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Title: Vue de l'entrée de la derniere Galerie. |
Museum number: 1958,0712.2975.25 |
Producer name: BIOG200506 Attributed to:Théophile Steinlen |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Title: Vue du Pont de Crevola et de la Vallée domo d'Ossola |
Museum number: 1958,0712.2975.26 |
Producer name: BIOG200506 Attributed to:Théophile Steinlen |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Title: Pont sur la Cherasca. |
Museum number: 1958,0712.2975.24 |
Producer name: BIOG200506 Attributed to:Théophile Steinlen |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Title: Villa. |
Museum number: 1958,0712.2975.28 |
Producer name: BIOG200506 Attributed to:Théophile Steinlen |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Title: Vue près de Gondo. |
Museum number: 1958,0712.2975.21 |
Producer name: BIOG200506 Attributed to:Théophile Steinlen |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Title: Vue prise de l'Intérieur de la Galerie d'Algaby. |
Museum number: 1958,0712.2975.17 |
Producer name: BIOG200506 Attributed to:Théophile Steinlen |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Title: Entrée du Vallon de Dovedro. |
Museum number: 1958,0712.2975.23 |
Producer name: BIOG200506 Attributed to:Théophile Steinlen |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Title: Vue d'Arona. |
Museum number: 1958,0712.2975.33 |
Producer name: BIOG200506 Attributed to:Théophile Steinlen |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Title: Vue de Brieg. |
Museum number: 1958,0712.2975.9 |
Producer name: BIOG200506 Attributed to:Théophile Steinlen |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Title: Vue de Sion prise du coté du Levant. |
Museum number: 1958,0712.2975.8 |
Producer name: BIOG200506 Attributed to:Théophile Steinlen |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Title: Vue de Sion prise du coté du couchant. |
Museum number: 1958,0712.2975.7 |
Producer name: BIOG200506 Attributed to:Théophile Steinlen |
Production date: 1811

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.37 |
Producer name: After:Pierre PeyronPrint made by:Nicolas Ponce |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.51 |
Producer name: After:Antoine Denis ChaudetPrint made by:Jean Mathieu |
Production date: 1798-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.4 |
Producer name: After:Jean Guillaume MoittePrint made by:Pierre Baquoy |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.45 |
Producer name: After:Anne Louis Girodet-TriosonPrint made by:Raphaël Urbain Massard |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.56 |
Producer name: After:Antoine Denis ChaudetPrint made by:Jean Massard |
Production date: 1798-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.24 |
Producer name: After:Antoine Denis ChaudetPrint made by:Jean Massard |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.34 |
Producer name: After:Baron François GérardPrint made by:Joseph Fischer |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.12 |
Producer name: After:Anne Louis Girodet-TriosonPrint made by:Jean Mathieu |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.50 |
Producer name: After:Antoine Denis ChaudetPrint made by:Philibert Langlois |
Production date: 1798-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.35 |
Producer name: After:Pierre PeyronPrint made by:Pierre Gabriel Langlois (l'Aîné) |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.27 |
Producer name: After:Gioacchino Giuseppe SerangeliPrint made by:Jean Baptiste Massard |
Production date: 1801

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.48 |
Producer name: After:Anne Louis Girodet-TriosonPrint made by:Henri Guillaume Chatillon |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.10 |
Producer name: After:Baron François GérardPrint made by:Armand Duval |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.33 |
Producer name: After:Baron François GérardPrint made by:Raphaël Urbain Massard |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1900,1231.617 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Pierre Paul Prud'hon |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.53 |
Producer name: After:Antoine Denis ChaudetPrint made by:Raphaël Urbain Massard |
Production date: 1800-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.23 |
Producer name: After:Antoine Denis ChaudetPrint made by:Armand Duval |
Production date: 1798-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.26 |
Producer name: After:Gioacchino Giuseppe SerangeliPrint made by:Jean Baptiste Massard |
Production date: 1801

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.632 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marie François DienAfter:Antoine Denis Chaudet |
Production date: 1816

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.14 |
Producer name: After:Anne Louis Girodet-TriosonPrint made by:Henri Marais |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.13 |
Producer name: After:Anne Louis Girodet-TriosonPrint made by:Raphaël Urbain Massard |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.5 |
Producer name: After:Jean Guillaume MoittePrint made by:Armand Duval |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.8 |
Producer name: After:Baron François GérardPrint made by:Gérard René Levillain |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.46 |
Producer name: After:Anne Louis Girodet-TriosonPrint made by:Raphaël Urbain Massard |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.54 |
Producer name: After:Antoine Denis ChaudetPrint made by:Abraham Girardet |
Production date: 1798-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.643 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marie François DienAfter:Pierre Peyron |
Production date: 1816

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.18 |
Producer name: After:Nicolas Antoine TaunayPrint made by:Armand Duval |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.9 |
Producer name: After:Baron François GérardPrint made by:Jacques Lavallée |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.29 |
Producer name: After:Gioacchino Giuseppe SerangeliPrint made by:Raphaël Urbain Massard |
Production date: 1801

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.47 |
Producer name: After:Anne Louis Girodet-TriosonPrint made by:Jean Massard |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.39 |
Producer name: After:Pierre PeyronPrint made by:Pierre Gabriel Langlois (l'Aîné) |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.31 |
Producer name: After:Baron François GérardPrint made by:Jean Mathieu |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.43 |
Producer name: After:Baron François GérardPrint made by:Jean Massard |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.649 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Gioacchino Giuseppe Serangeli |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.623 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Antoine Denis Chaudet |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.672 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Anne Louis Girodet-Trioson |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.657 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Baron François Gérard |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.645 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Pierre Peyron |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.654 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Baron François Gérard |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.621 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Baron François Gérard |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.650 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Gioacchino Giuseppe Serangeli |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.627 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Anne Louis Girodet-Trioson |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.628 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Baron François Gérard |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.618.+ |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Anne Louis Girodet-Trioson |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.656 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Baron François Gérard |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.660 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Nicolas Antoine Taunay |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.642 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Antoine Denis Chaudet |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.626 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Anne Louis Girodet-Trioson |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.625 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Gioacchino Giuseppe Serangeli |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.629 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Baron François Gérard |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.662 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Antoine Denis Chaudet |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.626.+ |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Anne Louis Girodet-Trioson |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.620 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Baron François Gérard |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.619 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Anne Louis Girodet-Trioson |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.655 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Baron François Gérard |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.641 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Antoine Denis Chaudet |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.653 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Baron François Gérard |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.652 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Baron François Gérard |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.646 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Pierre Peyron |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.648 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Pierre Peyron |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.651 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Baron François Gérard |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book of prints

Title: Vues Pittoresques et Perspectives des Salles du Musée des Monuments François |
Museum number: 1876,0708.638-660 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Baptiste RévillePrint made by:Jacques Lavallée |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book

Title: Le Musée Royal |
Museum number: 1853,1008.161-180 |
Producer name: Published by:Henri LaurentPrinted by:Pierre Didot |
Production date: 1818 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.640 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Jean Guillaume Moitte |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

Free entry

Opening hours