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Horace Vernet

Horace Vernet, French painter and academic (died 1863)

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Born
June 30, 1789
Died
January 17, 1863
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1789

About Horace Vernet

Émile Jean-Horace Vernet, better known as Horace Vernet, was a French painter of battles, portraits, and Orientalist subjects. After the fall of the July Monarchy during the Revolution of 1848, Vernet discovered a new patron in Napoléon III of France. Émile Jean-Horace Vernet (French pronunciation:; 30 June 1789 – 17 January 1863), better known as Horace Vernet, was a French painter of battles, portraits, and Orientalist subjects. Over the course of his long career, Horace Vernet was honoured with dozens of important commissions. His nephew Frédéric Goupil-Fesquet, also a painter and his pupil, wrote Voyage d'Horace Vernet en Orient (2 volumes, 1844).

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Horace Vernet timeline

  1. Émile Jean-Horace Vernet (French pronunciation:; 30 June 1789 – 17 January 1863), better known as Horace Vernet, was a French painter of battles, portraits, and Orientalist subjects.
  2. His nephew Frédéric Goupil-Fesquet, also a painter and his pupil, wrote Voyage d'Horace Vernet en Orient (2 volumes, 1844).
  3. After the fall of the July Monarchy during the Revolution of 1848, Vernet discovered a new patron in Napoléon III of France.

The world when Horace Vernet was born

Horace Vernet was born in 1789. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineFrench Revolution begins — Bastille stormed
  • Technology milestoneGeorge Washington inaugurated as first US President
  • World population~811M

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGeorge Washington
  • U.S. population3.9M

1789 versus 2026

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Measure17892026
Population3.9M341 million

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