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FRANCOIS GERARD

Baron Francois Pascal Gerard was a French historical and portrait-painter. He was born in 1770 at Rome and died in 1837. He went to Paris in 1786, and studied under David. In 1795 he exhibited his first notable painting, Belisarius. He was much patronized by Napoleon, for whom he painted the battle of Austerlitz, and was made a baron by Louis XVIII, after completing his large painting of the Entrance of Henry IV into Paris. Amongst his portraits the most famous are those of Talleyrand, Talma, Louis Philippe, Madame Recamier, etc.
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FRANCOIS TALMA

Francois Joseph Talma was a French actor. He was born in 1763 at Paris and died in 1826. He made his debut in 1787 at the Comedie Francaise and two years later at the same venue created a furore in Chenier's Charles IX. Founding a new theatre, the Theatre de la Republique, he achieved a series of successes which earned him the reputation of the greatest tragedian of his time. Napoleon was his friend and patron, and in 1808 took him to Erfurt, where he acted La Mort de Cesar before an audience of royalty, and to Dresden in 1813.
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TALMA

A talma was a long cape or cloak worn by both men and women during the early part of the 19th century.
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