| 1773 | Delatour takes part in his last Salon (Several Heads with the same reference number). |
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| 1776 | Delatour suggests setting up a series of prizes at the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture and donates 10,000 livres. |
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| 1778 | Delatour becomes a member of the Saint-Quentin Masonic Lodge. |
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| 1782 | Delatour founds an art school in Saint-Quentin. |
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| 1784 | Delatour returns to his home town of Saint-Quentin, where he remains for the rest of his life. |
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| 1788 | Delatour dies in Saint-Quentin. |
| 1774 | Death of Louis XV. Accession of his grandson Louis XVI. |
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| 1784 | Charles-Nicolas Cochin's account. |