The New International Encyclopædia/Gosse, Nicolas Louis François

GOSSE, (1787-1878). A French historical painter, born in Paris, where he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and under Vincent, and became a skilled representative of the academic style prevailing in his earlier period. His principal works include: &ldquo;Napoleon I. and Queen Louise at Tilsit,&rdquo; &ldquo;Meeting of Napoleon and Alexander of Russia at Erfurt,&rdquo; and &ldquo;Louis Philippe Declining the Crown of Belgium Offered to His Son,&rdquo; all in the Historical Museum at Versailles; and &ldquo;Entry of the Duke of Angoulême into Madrid,&rdquo; a wall painting in the Hôtel de Ville, Paris.