Lami, Eugène

Lami, Eugène (b Paris, 12 Jan. 1800; d Paris, 19 Dec. 1890).
French painter and lithographer. A pupil of Horace Vernet and Gros, he made his name with military subjects, including battle scenes in oils, but he became best known for watercolours and lithographs of fashionable society and court life, in which he took particular delight in recording details of costume. In 1832 he was appointed official painter to King Louis-Philippe. He visited England in 1826–7, and again in 1848–52, when he followed Louis-Philippe into exile. There are large collections of his work in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle and in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.