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Contents 1 Events 2 Works 3 Births 4 Deaths

[edit] Events

• Alois Senefelder invents litography.

[edit] Works

Cupid and Psyche

Artist	François Pascal Simon, Baron Gérard
Year	1798
Type	Oil-on-canvas
Dimensions	186 cm × 132 cm (73 in × 52 in)
Location	Louvre

• William Beechey - George III and the Prince of Wales reviewing troops
• François Gérard - Cupid and Psyche
• Antoine-Jean Gros - Le pont d'Arcole

[edit] Births

• February 17 - Josef Navrátil, Bohemian painter of paintings, murals, and frescos (d. 1865)
• April 26 - Eugène Delacroix, Romantic painter (d. 1863)
• June 22 - Ditlev Blunck, Danish painter (d. 1854)
• July 16 - Abbondio Sangiorgio, Italian sculptor (d. 1879)
• July 29 - Carl Blechen, German painter, specializing in fantastic landscapes with demons and grotesque figures (d. 1840)
• October 13 - Herman Wilhelm Bissen, sculptor (d. 1868)
• October 24 - Massimo d'Azeglio, Italian statesman, novelist and painter (d. 1866)
• date unknown
  • James Eights, scientist and watercolour painter (d. 1882)
  • James Duffield Harding, English landscape painter (d. 1863)
  • Demeter Laccataris, Austro-Hungarian portrait painter of Greek origin (d. 1864)
  • Henry O'Neill, Irish artist and archaeologist (d. 1880)

[edit] Deaths

• January 4 - Gavin Hamilton, Scottish neoclassical history painter (b. 1723)
• May 25 - Asmus Jacob Carstens, Danish-German (b. 1754)
• October 30 - Anton Hickel, Bohemian painter (b. 1745)
• date unknown
  • Richard Newton, caricaturist (b. 1777)
  • Innocenzo Spinazzi, sculptor (b. 1726)
  • Mikhail Shibanov, Russian painter (b. unknown)
  • Vincenzio Vangelisti, Italian engraver (b. 1740)