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 Coronation of Josephine, Louis David, Versailles Museum.

Lexington, Ky., Aug. 10, 1827. Portrait painter; educated a lawyer, served in war of 1812-14, and at its close opened a studio in Lexington; in 1816 studied four months in Boston under Gilbert Stuart. He painted during his short career more than 300 portraits, including among his sitters many distinguished persons. His full-length portrait of Lafayette is in the capitol at Frankfort, and a bust portrait of same is owned by Mrs. Pauline Rodes, Richmond, Ky. Other good examples of his work are in possession of Landon Thomas, Frankfort; John Mason Brown, Henry Pindell, W. C. Humphrey, Henry Sanders, Blanton Duncan, Shelby Todd, R. J. Menefee, Louisville; Mrs. Margaret Preston, Mrs. Judge Woodward, Mrs. Benjamin Gratz, Miss Mary Bullock, Robert Peter, Mrs. Oliver Frazer, Mrs. George W. Norton, Lexington; Robert J. Breckenridge, Danville; A. J. Alexander. Spring Station, Ky.

JOURDAIN, ROGER JOSEPH, born at Louviers (Eure), in Dec., 1845. Genre and landscape painter, pupil of Cabanel and Pils. Medals: 3d class, 1879; 2d class, 1881. Works: The Customer (1879); Towing (1881); Departure of the Fishermen, Carpet Bazaar in Cairo, Venice; Baby's Sleep (1884); Lime-Kiln, A Cloud (1885).

JOURDAN, ADOLPHE, born at Nîmes, Aug. 4, 1825. Genre painter, pupil of Jala-*bert; skilful in painting flesh. Medals: 1864, 1866, and 1869. Works: Leda (1864); Cupid's Secrets (1866); Venus and Cupid (1869); Meditation, Young Italian Mother, Pursuit (1874); Little Girl (1875); Parting, Three Friends (1876); Breakfast at St. Honorat (1877); On the Banks of the Gardon (1878); Venus, Nurse (1879); Mother and Child (1880); The First Step (1881); Girl with a Shell (1882); Woman Charming a Bird (1883); First Smiles, Study (1884); Une Loge, Brindisi (1885); The Betrothed, Wm. Astor, New York.—Bellier, i. 841.

JOURDAN, THÉODORE, born at Salon (Bouches du Rhône), July 29, 1833. Genre painter, pupil in Paris of Loubon; professor of design in the Marseilles School of Art. Works: Winding Cocoons near Arles,