Vernet

[ ver-ne ]

noun

1. Claude Jo·seph [klohd zhaw-, zef], 1714–89, French painter.
2. his grandson (É·mile Jean) Hor·ace [ey-, meel, zhah, n, aw-, ras], 1789–1863, French painter.

Example Sentences

Thenceforward Vernet's pictures, the first of which had sold for a few hundred francs, commanded ever higher prices.

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After his election to the Institute, Vernet changed the style of Vernet's earnings his subjects, charging staggering prices.

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The Pyreneean valley in which the baths of Vernet are situated is not much known to English, or indeed to any travellers.

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At Vernet he was usually called M. le Capitaine, though in fact he had never reached that rank.

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Horace Vernet, who knew Nicholas well, was firmly convinced that he was not wholly sane.

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