Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (December 20, 1792 – October 30, 1845), French designer and painter, more especially of military subjects, was born in Paris. He was the son of a dragoon in the Republican army, whose death in the ranks left the widow and orphan in very poor circumstances. Madame Charlet, however, a woman of determined spirit and an extreme Napoleonist (Bonapartist), managed to give her boy a moderate education at the Lycée Napoléon, and was repaid by his lifelong affection. His first… Read more...