The Boquet family (surname also spelled as Bocquet and Bouquet) is a French family from Paris, several members of whom distinguished themselves in the 18th century in the arts, particularly painting and sculpture.[1]

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Guillaume Boquet (1680–1731), manufacturer and dealer of fans, was married to Marie Catherine Luce (1690–1759). Selected descendants include:[2]

❶ Blaise Louis Boquet of Liancourt (1720–1784), painter ornamentalist and fan merchant in Paris, married to Marie Rose Hallé (1721–1794), painter to the King
Pierre-Jean Boquet (wikidata) (fr) (1750–1817), landscape painter, studied with Xavier Leprince (1799–1826)
Rosalie Filleul (née Rosalie Anne Adélaïde Boquet; 1753–1794), painter and pastellist, member of l'Académie de Saint-Luc, concierge of the Château de la Muette; in 1776, married Charles-François Filleul de Besne (1729–1788)[3][4][5]
Louis-René Boquet (fr) (1717–1814), designer of the opera costumes, inspector of Menus-Plaisirs du Roi, member of the Paris Opera, married in 1739 in Paris to Marie Angélique Sageret (1720–1773)
Jeanne-Angélique Boquet (1740–1858), costume designer for the Paris Opera
Ⓑ Pierre Louis Boquet (1741–1823), designer
Ⓓ Blaise Louis Boquet of Liancourt (1746–1795), Judge, then King's attorney at the bailiwick of Soissons (Aisne), librettist, and playwright; married in 1782 in Paris to Pauline Adélaïde Aubrelicque de Saint-Aurin (1759–1820). Boquet, as librettist, Maximilien-Jean Boutillier (1745–1811), as librettist (1745–1811), and Léopold-Bastien Désormery (1740–1826), as composer, wrote an opera, Myrtil et Lycoris, Pastorale, a single act and free verse. It premiered at the Palace of Fontainebleau November 14, 1777, and was first performed by the Palais-Royal December 2, 1777. The Palais-Royal's co-leading role of Myrtil, performed by Étienne Lainez (1753–1822), showcased the French haute-contre voice.[6][7][8]
① Caroline Angélique Boquet of Liancourt (1784–1844), married in 1806 to Alexandre Gonsse of Rougeville (1761–1814)
② Charles Pierre Boquet of Liancourt (1786–1832)
③ Blaise-Hilaire Boquet (1792–1851), polytechnician, general of engineers, inspector of fortifications, married in 1817 in Paris to Caroline Nancy Michelot (1799–1857)[9]
ⓒ Louis Henri Boquet (1827–1891), Brigadier General, Chairman of the Military Telegraph Commission[10]

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Books, journals, magazines, websites, papers
  • Caron, Laurent (1982). Deux Siècles d'Histoire: les Boquet [Two Centuries of History: the Boquets] (in French). Besançon: Laurent Caron, Publisher. OCLC 461628161 (all editions).
    1. Via Google Books (Michigan).  
  • Hennequin, J. René (1911). "La Formation du Département de l'Aisne en 1790 : Étude Documentaire de Géographie Politique" [The Formation of the Department of Aisne in 1790: Documentary Study of Political Geography]. Soissons: Société Académique de Laon. Imprimerie de G. Nougarède, Éditeur de la Archéologique de Soissons. Retrieved July 28, 2024. OCLC 1404787918 (all editions)
    1. Via BnF (Bibliothèque nationale de France). 1911.  
    2. Via HathiTrust (Cornell).  
    3. Via Google Books (Cornell).  
    1. Via Google Books (Harvard).  
    1. Via BnF (Bibliothèque nationale de France). 1913.  
    2. Via Google Books (Cal Berkeley).  
    1. Via HathiTrust (Harvard).  
    2. Via Google Books (Harvard).  
  • "Notice Sur le Général Louis Henri Boquet, Grand Officier de la Légion d'Honneur" ... "Mort à Lyon le 22 Juin 1891" ["Notice on General Louis-Henri Boquet, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor" ... "Died in Lyon, June 22, 1891"] () (in French). Bourg: Imprimerie de J.-M. Villefranche (Jacques-Melchior Villefranche; 1829–1904). 1893. OCLC 461661926 (all editions).
  • Opera Program: Myrtil et Lycoris, Pastorale en un Acte ... Représentée pour la première fois par l'Académie Royale de Musique le Mardi 2 Décembre 1777 et Reprise le 25 Avril 1779 [Myrtil and Lycoris, Pastoral in One Act ... Performed for the first time by the Royal Academy of Music on Tuesday, December 2, 1777, and revived on April 25, 1779].
    1. Via BnF (Bibliothèque nationale de France). 1779.  
    1. Via BnF (Bibliothèque nationale de France). 1778.  
    2. Via Google Books (Bavarian State Library).  
  • Pitou, Spire John James, PhD (1912–1985) (1980) [1983; 1985; 1990]. The Paris Opéra: An Encyclopedia of Operas, Ballets, Composers, and Performers. Rococo and Romantic, 1715–1815. New York: Greenwood Press. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. Accessible via EBSCO.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
    1. LCCN 82-21140
    2. ISBN 978-0-3132-1420-2, 0-3132-1420-4. Vol. 1: Genesis and Glory, 1671–1715 (December 28, 1983; 364 pages).
    3. ISBN 978-0-3132-4394-3, 0-3132-4394-8. Vol. 2: Rococo and Romantic, 1715–1815 (July 24, 1985; 619 pages).
    4. ISBN 978-0-3132-7782-5, 0-3132-7782-6. Vol. 3: Growth and Grandeur, 1815–1914 "A–L" (November 12,1990; 816 pages).
    5. ISBN 978-0-3132-7783-2, 0-3132-7783-4. Vol. 3: Growth and Grandeur, 1815–1914 "M–Z" (November 12, 1990; 768 pages).
    6. ISBN 978-0-3132-6218-0, 0-3132-6218-7. Vol. 3: Growth and Grandeur, 1815–1914 (November 13, 1990; 1608 pages).
    7. OCLC 9081672 (all editions).
      1. Vol. 2: Rococo and Romantic, 1715–1815. "Myrtil et Lycoris" (preview only). Retrieved July 30, 2024 – via RILM.
  • Vadot, Anne-Marie (née Anne-Marie Jamon; 1923–2024); Vadot, Louis Pierre (1914–1999) (1996). Histoire des Familles Guerrin et Nicolas de Meissas [History of the Guerin and Nicolas de Meissas Families].{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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