Jean André Castaigne
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Jean André Castaigne

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Jean André Castaigne (January 21, 1861 - 1929) was a Angoulême-born French artist and engraver who was a student of artist Jean-Léon Gérôme. He known as the original illustrator of the first edition of The Phantom of the Opera. He became a leading illustrator in the United States before dying in Paris in 1929. He created more than 36 pieces of artwork about Alexander the Great for an 1898-1899 series. A version…

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of his illustration The Phalanx Attacking the Center on the Hydaspes was used as the original cover artwork for the wargame Successors: The Battles for Alexander's Empire while a version of his illustration The Charge of the Persian Scythed Chariots at the Battle of Gaugamela was used as the original cover artwork for the wargame Chariots of Fire: Warfare in the Bronze Age, 2300-1200 B.C..

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Successors: The Battles for Alexander's Empire box cover Successors: The Battles for Alexander's Empire · 2008
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Chariots of Fire: Warfare in the Bronze Age, 2300-1200 B.C. box cover Chariots of Fire: Warfare in the Bronze Age, 2300-1200 B.C. · 2010
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