(b Paris, 26 Nov 1815; d Paris, 25 Nov 1872). French painter, illustrator and lithographer. On 5 October 1833 he entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he was a pupil of Horace Vernet, Ingres and Alexandre Marie Colin (1798–1875), but was most influenced by Vernet. He made his début at the Salon of 1836 with two paintings, a Stud Farm and Post Stable and continued to exhibit there until 1870. His subjects consist mostly of hunting scenes and episodes from contemporary French history. Among the latter are works depicting the Crimean War of 1853–6, (e.g. Episode from the Battle of Koughil, Crimea, exh. Salon 1859; Epinal, Mus. Dépt. Vosges & Mus. Int. Imagerie), Napoleon III’s campaigns in Italy in 1859 (e.g. Napoleon III at Solferino, 24 June 1859, exh. Salon 1861; Versailles, Château, on dep. Rennes, Cercle Mil.) and the Mexican expedition of 1861 (e.g. the Battle of Altesco in Mexico, exh. Salon 1864). He also painted religious subjects, for example Agony in the Garden (exh. Salon 1839; Castelnaudary, Mus. Archéol. Lavragais).