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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,
