Vernet, HoraceFrankreich, 1789–1863Easily Beaten
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Derweil im Leben von Vernet, Horace
Das ganze Leben1811
Marries Louise Pujol
Marries Louise Pujol, daughter of Governor Louis Pujol; they have two daughters, Louise, later the wife of Paul Delaroche, and Henriette Edmée, later the wife of Adolphe Yvon. Needing money for his young family, he takes on any work: clothing designs and caricatures for the Journal des dames et des modes, horses and races, portraits and landscapes.
1812
Salon debut with “The Taking of an Entrenched Camp”
Makes his debut at the Paris Salon with “The Taking of an Entrenched Camp near Glatz”, commissioned by Jérôme Bonaparte, Napoleon's younger brother and King of Westphalia; impressed by the artist's talent, Jérôme also commissioned an equestrian portrait of himself. By other accounts, Vernet was only twenty when the picture was shown.
1814
Among the civilian defenders of Paris
Becomes one of the civilian defenders of Paris against the approaching armies of the Allies; he would later depict the episode in “The Barrière de Clichy” (1820).
1814
Daughter born: Louise Vernet
December 1814
Made a knight of the Legion of Honour
In December 1814, the year of the defence of Paris, he becomes a knight (chevalier) of the Legion of Honour.
