Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825) is the artist whose name recurs most often in the diaries of British travellers who visited France during the Treaty of Amiens concluded between France and the United Kingdom and lasting from March 1802 to May 1803. Around fifteen works published as a result of these travels provide a detailed testimony of this important artist and his oeuvre. Yet, they present contrasting judgements of the painter and offer often opposing views of his merits as an artist and his role during the French Revolution. After his imprisonment in 1794 and subsequent release, David led a quiet life in Paris, and some of the British travellers dwell on the deformations of his face to such an extent that his physical aspect seems to have conditioned their judgement of the painter’s personality. Other travellers report on their visits to David’s apartment and his various studios at the Louvre when they satisfied their curiosity about his family. As far as David’s artworks are concerned, the accounts contain comments mostly on The Intervention of the Sabine Women (1799), a huge painting the artist exhibited privately with an admission fee, and the different versions of Napoleon Crossing the Alps (1801).