Quote of the day
How beautiful is death, when earn'd by virtue!
Who would not be that youth? What pity is it
That we can die but once to serve our country!
Paul Delaroche

Born: July 17, 1797
Died: November 4, 1856 (aged 59)
Bio: Paul Delaroche, born Hippolyte, was a French painter. He was trained by Antoine-Jean, Baron Gros, a painter of life-size historical subjects who had many students.
Known for:
- The Execution of Lady Jane Grey (1833)
- The Young Martyr (1855)
- Bonaparte Crossing the Alps (1850)
- Cromwell before the Coffin of Charles I (1849)
- Assassination of Henry I, Duke of Guise (1834)