See also:

• GERASA (mod. Gerash or Jerash)

GERASA (mod. Gerash or Jerash)  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• PALESTINE

Palestine, and a member of the See also:

• LEAGUE

league known as the See also:

• DECAPOLIS

Decapolis (q.v.), situated amid the mountains of See also:

• GILEAD (i.e. " hard " or " rugged," a name sometimes used, both in earlier and in later writers, to denote the whole of the territory occupied by the Israelites eastward of Jordan, extending from the Arnon to the southern base of Hermon (Dent. xxxiv. 1; J

Gilead, about 1757 ft. above the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, 20 M. from the See also:

• JORDAN (the down-comer; Arab. esh-Sheri'a, the watering-place)
• JORDAN, CAMILLE (1771—1821)
• JORDAN, DOROTHEA (1762—1816)
• JORDAN, THOMAS (1612 ?–1685)
• JORDAN, WILHELM (1819–1904)

Jordan and 21 M . N. of See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia . Of its origin nothing is known; it has been suggested that it represents the biblical Ramoth Gilead . From See also:

• JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS (c. 37-C. 95?)

Josephus we learn that it See also:

• PAJOU, AUGUSTIN (173o—18o9)

Pajou (sculptor), which he See also:

• LEFT

left at the end of two years for that of the painter Brenet, whom he quitted almost immediately to See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place himself under See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David . In 1789 he competed for the Prix de See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, which was carried off by his comrade Girodet . In the following See also:

• YEAR

year (1790) he again presented himself, but the See also:

• DEATH

death of his See also:

• FATHER

father prevented the completion of his See also:

• WORK

work, and obliged him to accompany his See also:

• MOTHER

mother to Rome . In 1791 he returned to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris; but his poverty was so See also:

• GREAT

great that he was forced to forgo his studies in favour of employment which should bring in immediate profit . David at once availed himself of his help, and one of that See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master's most celebrated pictures—Le Pelletier de St Fargeau—may owe much to the See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand of See also:

• GERARD (c. 1040-1120)
• GERARD (d. I1o8)
• GERARD, ETIENNE MAURICE, COUNT (1773–1852)
• GERARD, FRANCOIS, BARON (1770-1837)
• GERARD, JEAN IGNACE ISIDORE (1803-1847)
• GERARD, JOHN (1545-1612)
• GERARD, or GIRARD, AUDRAN

Gerard . This See also:

• PAINTING

painting was executed See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in 1793, the year in which Gerard, at the See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request of David, was named a member of the revolutionary tribunal, from the fatal decisions of which he, however, invariably absented himself . In 1794 he obtained the first See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize in a competition, the subject of which was " The Tenth of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August," and, further stimulated by the successes of his See also:

• RIVAL

rival and friend Girodet in the Salons of 1793 and 1794, Gerard (nobly aided by See also:

• ISABEY, JEAN BAPTISTE (1767–1855)

Isabey the miniaturist) produced in 1795 his famous " Belisaire." In 1796 a portrait of his generous friend (in the Louvre) obtained undisputed success, and the See also:

• MONEY

money received from Isabey for these two See also:

• WORKS

works enabled Gerard to execute in 1797 his " See also:

• PSYCHE (//vxi7)

Psyche et 1'Amour." At last, in 1799, his portrait of Madame See also:

• BONAPARTE

Bonaparte established his position as one of the first portrait-painters of the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day . In ,8o8 as many as eight, in ,8,o no less than fourteen portraits by him, were exhibited at the See also:

• SALON

Salon, and these figures afford only an indication of the enormous See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers which he executed yearly; all the leading figures of the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire and of the restoration, all the most celebrated men and See also:

• WOMEN

women of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, sat to Gerard . This extraordinary See also:

• VOGUE, EUGENE MELCHIOR, COMTE DE (1848- )

vogue was due partly to the See also:

• CHARM (through the Fr. from the Lat. carmen, a song)

charm of his manner and conversation, for his salon was as much frequented as his studio; Madame de See also:

• STAEL, MADAME DE

Stael, See also:

• CANNING, CHARLES JOHN, EARL (1812-1862)
• CANNING, GEORGE (1770-1827)

Canning, Talleyrand, the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• WELLINGTON
• WELLINGTON, ARTHUR WELLESLEY, 1ST DUKE OF (1769-1852)

Wellington, have all See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne See also:

• WITNESS
• WITNESS (from O. Eng. witan, to know)

witness to the attraction of his society .

See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

Rich and famous, Gerard was stung by remorse for earlier ambitions abandoned; at intervals he had indeed striven to prove his strength with Girodet and other rivals, and his " Bataille d'See also:

• AUSTERLITZ (Czech Slavkov)

Austerlitz " (181o) showed a breadth of invention and See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style which are even more conspicuous in " L'Entree d'See also:

• HENRI

Henri IV " (See also:

• VERSAILLES

Versailles)—the work with which in 1817 he did See also:

• HOMAGE (from homo, through the Low Lat. hominaticum, which occurs in a document of 1035)

homage to the Bourbons . After this date Gerard declined, watching with impotent grief the progress of the Romantic school . Loaded with honours—See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

baron of the empire, member of the See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute, officer of the See also:

• LEGION (Lat. legio)

legion of See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour, first painter to the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king—he worked on sad and discouraged; the revolution of 183o added to his disquiet; and on the 11th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1837, after three days of See also:

• FEVER (Lat. febris, connected with fervere, to burn)

fever, he died . By his portraits Gerard is best remembered; the See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour of his paintings has suffered, but his drawings show in uninjured delicacy the purity of his See also:

• LINE

line; and those of women are specially remarkable for a See also:

• VIRGINAL, or PAIR OF VIRGINALS

virginal simplicity and frankness of expression . M . Ch . See also:

• LENORMANT, FRANCOIS (1837–1883)

Lenormant published in 1846 Essai de biographie et de critique sur See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

Francois Gerard, a second edition of which appeared in 1847; and M . Delecluze devoted several pages to the same subject in his work See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis David, son ecole et son temps .