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American painter and engraver. His early work was mainly as an engraver and he established his reputation with his print after John Trumbull’s Declaration of Independence and with portraits of eminent contemporaries. In the 1830s he turned increasingly to painting.

In 1804 Napoleon crowned himself Emperor of the French, and embarked on a series of campaigns known as the Napoleonic Wars.

French politician.

The main British firm of chromolithographic printers. William Day (1797-1845) set up the firm in c. 1824. From c. 1831 traded as Day & Haghe (Louis Haghe, 1806-1885). Haghe left to devote himself to watercolour in the 1850s, where after the firm continued as Day & Son under William Day the younger (1823-1906), also referred to as WJ Day.

Member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives.
First director of the Natural History Museum of Belgium.

Member of the National Congress of Belgium.

Belgian politician.