Hess,.I. Karl Ernst Christoph, a German engraver, born in Darmstadt in 1755, died July 25, 1828. He first made himself known by some plates after pictures by Rembrandt in the gallery at Dusseldorf, and subsequently engraved a large portion of the gallery for a pictorial work. In 1782 he was appointed engraver to the court at Munich, and in 1806 he became professor at the academy of arts there. II. Peter von, a painter, eldest son of the preceding, born in Dusseldorf, July 29, 1792, died April 5, 1871. In 1813-'15 he participated in the most considerable actions against the French, and made sketches on the spot. These he afterward embodied in a series of battle pieces, of which the " Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube," the "Capture of a French Village by Cossacks," the " Bivouac of Austrian Troops," and the "Battle of Leipsic," are good specimens. He has been called the Horace Vernet of Germany. III. Heinrich Ton, a historical painter, brother of the preceding, born in Dusseldorf, April 19, 1798, died March 29, 1863. He prepared the cartoons for the decoration of the church of All Saints in Munich, in which the progress of Christianity is unfolded.

He also painted for the basilica of St. Boniface in the same city 64 compositions in fresco, with figures of colossal size, illustrating the life of that saint.