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734 GERARD GERASA During the campaign of 1815 he was placed under the command of Grouchy, who had or- ders to prevent the Prussians from joining the English army under Wellington. On the morning of June 18, hearing the report of can- non, he strongly urged a march toward Water- loo, but was overruled. On the fall of Napo- leon, Gerard left France, and did not return till 1817. In 1822 he was elected deputy, took his seat among the opposition members, and was reflected in 1823 and 1827. He contrib- uted to the success of the revolution of 1830, and after being minister of war for three months, reentered the chamber of deputies. Having been promoted to the rank of marshal, he was in 1831 intrusted with the command of the French army sent to protect Belgium against Holland. In 1832 he commanded at the siege of Antwerp, which he forced to ca- pitulate, Dec. 23. In 1834 he again held for three months the office of minister of war. He was made count in 1813, peer in 1832, grand chancellor of the legion of honor in 1835, com- mander general of the national guards of the Seine in 1838, and senator in 1852. GERARD, Francois Paseal Simon, baron, a French painter, born in Rome in 1770, died in Paris, Jan. 11, 1837. He entered the studio of David in 1786 ; in 1792 he visited Italy, but soon returned, and exhibited in 1795 his first great picture, " Be- lisarius." "The Three Ages," " Cupid and Psyche," "Ossian," and the " Battle of Auster- litz," which appeared in succession from 1806 to 1810, established his fame. The last was ap- plauded for its accuracy and beauty by Napo- leon, who, as well as nearly all the members of his family, had their portraits painted by Ge- rard. At the command of Louis XVIII. he exe- cuted in 1817 his "En- try of Henry IV. into Paris." His " Louis XIV. declaring his grandson Philip of Anjou King of Spain" appeared in the public exhi- bition of 1828 ; and his " Coronation of Charles X." in that of 1829. Under Louis Philippe he executed various important works in the halls of the historical museum at Versailles and in the cupola of the Pantheon. The latter, com- pleted in 1836, were the last of his perform- ances. During his career, besides 30 historical pictures, some of which are of very large di- mensions, he painted nearly 300 portraits. GERARD DE NERVAL (GfiRAED LABKUNIE), a French author, born in Paris, May 21, 1808, died there, Jan. 24, 1855. He published when 18 years old a series of poems entitled Elegies rationales, and in 1828 a new translation of Faust. He wrote dramas either by himself or 'in conjunction with Alexandre Dumas, one of which, Leo Burckart, was published in 1839 with notes. In 1850, in conjunction with Mery, he produced Le chariot cfenfant, a met- rical translation of an Indian drama, and a series of philosophical and biographical essays upon eccentric characters, entitled Les illu- mines, ou les precurseurs du socialisme (1852). On the morning following the anniversary of the death of Jenny Colon, an actress whom lie loved devotedly, he was found hanging and dead in the street. GERARDMER, Gerome, or Giromeix, a town of France, in the department of Vosges, on the margin of Lake Gerardmer, near the German frontier, 22 m. S. E. of Spinal ; pop. in 1866, 6,225. It covers a considerable extent of f round, the houses mostly standing in gardens, t has a large trade in cheese, known as G6- rome cheese. Lake Gerardmer is the most beautiful of the inland waters of France ; it is oval in shape, about 1 m. long, and traversed by the river Valogne. GERASA, or Galasa (now JerasJi), a ruined city of Palestine, E. of the Jordan, in the ancient The Little Theatre at Gerasa. Decapolis, 55 m. N. E. of Jerusalem, on the opposite slopes of two hills, between which flows the river Keruan. The most interesting of its remains extend along the right bank of the stream, and comprise a Corinthian temple and triumphal arch, five or six other temples, and two theatres, all of marble; a naumachia, or artificial basin for the representation of sea fights ; and a small temple, with a semicircular Ionic colonnade from which a street, lined with rows of columns, traverses the city. At right angles with this are three other streets, all full of relics of ancient greatness. There are raised walks for foot passengers on either side, while