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The pro ductio th i genius are as much appreciated by ourselves as by their o wn e. ern in his m ar e es o r peopl Whilst V et, ilit y pi c , gl i fied the su o f his o n r and e to the ccesses c u t y, appeal d r ns n is n n in er ren m n pat iotic i ti ct which i here t ev y F ch a , a e ar e his ens e a re a on o f the mo P ul D l och , by s itiv pp ci ti tives s a man o n and ea rea men which w y hu acti , his id l t t t o f s or su e s re e a o w o u es the hi t ic bj ct , ach d path s hich t ch ar o f all u his o r s he ts who st dy w k . ’ M any o f Delaroche s histo rical pictures are as well n o n in En n as in r n e and at o ne me ere k w gla d F a c , ti w er o ar. i o e er as the a n er of the v y p pul It w ll , h w v , be p i t “ ” H emicycle that he will b e best kno wn to f ame . The mate rials of these slight bio graphies have been co llected f ro m the critical no tices o f bo th artists which re at the me o f e r ea and the a e o r s of appea d ti th i d th, bl w k vi PREFACE. m ra r com conte po ry F ench and G erman biographers. A parison o f the estimate in which they were held by su ch high authorities u pon art as Lu dwig Pietsch on the on e an an d enr Delab r e and ar es an on the h d , H i o d Ch l B l c t er has en e the au or to e it is o e o h , abl d th giv what h p d ma ro e a fa r e n ea on o f e r ra ers as men y p v i d li ti th i cha ct , and of t e r en u s ar s h i g i as ti ts. J. R . R . C TE ON NTS. C PTER . 1789 To 1 28 HA I 8 . — Jo seph and Carla Vernet Intlnence of the Revo l ution upon V — — Curie ornetn Bi rth of Ho race Vernet Family tro ubles — — Eurly evidence o f geni us Co urt favo ur Change of ci rcum stances at the Resto ration in lam- Refusal to admit Horace ’ — — Vernet s pictures to the Louvre Pri vate exhibition Re — sto ratio n to Co urt favour Horace elected member o f the Institute C TER 2 T 183 6 HAP II . 18 8 o . — Vernet oflhred the Directorship in Ro me Pictures pai nted in — ’ — Italy Mendelsso hn s visit to Ho race Vernet Accessio n o f — — the D uke o f —Orleans Disturbances in Rome Return to Paris in l ess Continued patronage of Louis Philippe — Fall o f Bonn —Journey to Africa- Scenes o f Arab lith Bapld painting Journey to Russia TER 1 To 1 63 . CHAP III . 887 8 — — Return to Paris Jo urney to North frica Paintings fo r the — A Constantine Hall Incomplete painting o f Battle o f Nexib — — — Jo urney to Egypt The Sla ve M arket Ano ther Jo ur — — ney to Russia Receptio n by the Cu r Return to Paris — — Journey to Algiers La Smile Scenes f rom Desert Lif e — ’ — Death o f Vernet s o nly child Decoratio n o f the Hall o f — — Deputies Last portrait o f Louis Philippe Character o f his — — genius Second marriage Death ER CHAPT IV. A necdo tes of Horace Vernet ’ [ an o r V ERNET s PR INCI PA L W O R KS INDEX T A TI ILLUS R ONS. — Horace Vernet from the painting by himself ’ The Trumpeter s Horse Death of Poniatowski Battle of Fonteno y The Post in the Desert Hold on ! Petits Petite Petits A G renadier HO RA E V ERN ET C . HAPTER C I . — 1789 1 828 . — Joseph and Carlo Verna Influence o f the Revol ution upon Carle — — — Vernet Birth of Horace Vernet Family tro ubles Early evidence o f — — geni us Co urt favour Change o f circumstances at the Restoration in — ’ I BI S Ref usal to admi t Horace Vernet s pictures to the Louvre — — Pri vate exhibi tio n Res toratio n to Co urt favour Horace elected mem er o f n t u b the I s i t te .