ailles, and others are seen in various churches of
Paris. When they are considered as a whole they are effective, but they do
not bear examination; his design was free and spirited and his color good,
and he painted a variety of subjects, and was able to vary the expression
of his work to suit the impression he wished to produce.

EMILE JEAN HORACE VERNET (1789-1863) was born in the Louvre. He studied
under his father, Carle Vernet, who was the son of Claude Joseph Vernet.
Carle was a witty man, and it is said that when he was dying he exclaimed,
"How much I resemble the Grand Dauphin--son of a king, father of a king,
and never a king myself!" In spite of his being less than his father or
his son, he was a good painter of horses. When Horace Vernet was but
fifteen years old he supported himself by drawing; he studied with
Vincent, and drew from living models. In 1814 he showed such bravery at
the Barriere of Clichy that he was decorated with the Cross of the Legion
of Honor: before he died he was a grand officer of the order on account
of his artistic merits. He was also a member of the Institute and Director
of the Academy of Rome.

His best works were executed in Rome, where he spent seven years; he
travelled in Algiers, Syria, Egypt, Palestine, Russia, and England, and
was everywhere received with the honors which his genius merited. His
works embraced a great variety of subjects, and it is said that he often
finished his picture the first time he went over it, and did not retouch
it. There is no doubt that in certain ways the excellence of Vernet has
been overestimated, and he has been too much praised; but his remarkable
memory, which enabled him truthfully to paint scenes he had witnessed, and
his facility of execution, are worthy of honorable mention.

When twenty years old Vernet was married, and from this time he kept an
expense account in which all the prices he received for his works are set
down. The smallest is twenty-four sous for a tulip; the largest is fifty
thousand francs for the portrait of the Empress of Russia.

About 1817 Vernet became the favorite of the Duke of Orleans, and was
therefore unpopular with the royal party. In 1820 he had made himself so
displeasing to the king by some lithographs which were scattered among the
people, that it was thought best for him to leave Paris. However, he
overcame all this, and four years later Charles X. sat to him for his
portrait. From this time orders and