Pierre Joseph Redoute

Pierre Joseph Redoute, a French painter of flowers, born at St. Hubert, near Liége, July 10, 1759, died in Paris, June 19, 1840. He belonged to a family of painters, and, having settled in Paris, painted some of the most elegant flowers in the series known as the collection des velins, commenced under Louis XIV. In 1822 he became professor of vegetable iconography at the jardin des plantes. His magnificent works, Les liliacées (8 vols. fol., Paris, 1803-'16), and Les roses (3 vols. fol., 1817-'24), are the finest known specimens of botanical illustration. A copy of the former on vellum, with the original drawings, was purchased by the empress Josephine for 84,000 francs. He invented a method of painting in colors, for which he received a medal from the society for the encouragement of national industry.

Pierre Jules Jollivet

Pierre Jules Jollivet, a French painter, born in Paris, June 27, 1803. He left the school of fine arts in 1825, lived for some time in Madrid, and returning to Paris exhibited in 1831 genre pictures relating to Spanish history and life. His works include "Louis VIII. taking the Oriflamme at Saint Denis," and other pieces, at Versailles; "Lara," after Byron's poem, at the Luxembourg; " The Massacre of the Innocents," at the museum of Rouen; and "The Installation of the Magistrates in 1849," in possession of the government. Among his recent productions are " Art in the Time of Pericles" and "The Jewels of Cornelia" (1869).

Pierre Lanfrey

Pierre Lanfrey, a French historian, born in Chambery in 1828. He completed his studies in Paris, and became known in 1857 by his L'Eglise et les philosophes du 18me siecle, and in 1858 published Essai sur la revolution fran-caise. In 1860 appeared his Histoire politique des papes, and in 1863 Le retablissement de la Pologne. His principal work is the Histoire de Napoleon 1er (6 vols., Paris, 1867-74; English translation, London, 1867 et seq.), which, like all his writings, is distinguished by a scrupulous statement of facts. It severely arraigns the moral and political character of the emperor. During the Franco-German war Lanfrey served with the mobiles of Savoy. In February, 1871, he was elected to the national assembly, and in October was appointed by Thiers minister at Bern, a position which he still holds (1874).

Pierre Ligier

Pierre Ligier, a French actor, born in Bordeaux in 1797, died there, Sept. 28, 1872. A glazier by trade, he first performed in Paris at the Theatre Francais in 1819, under the auspices of Talma, being his last pupil. Subsequently he succeeded so well in the personation of Marino Falieri and other kindred parts, that in 1831 he was admitted to the association of the Theatre Francais. His most admirable representation was that of Richard III. He was the last exempler of the method of Talma, and despite his physical disadvantages he produced great tragical effects, especially in the delineation of tierce passions.