GEROME, JEAN LEON (1824-1904), French painter, was born on May 11, 1824, at Vesoul (Haute-Saone). He went to Paris in 1841 and worked under Paul Delaroche, whom he accom panied to Italy (1844-1845). On his return he exhibited "The Cock-fight," which gained him a third-class medal in the Salon of 1847. In 1854 Gerome made a journey to Turkey and the shores of the Danube, and in 1857 visited Egypt. To the exhibition of 1855 he contributed a large historical canvas, "The Age of Au gustus and the Birth of Christ," which was purchased by the State. Gerome was a good draughtsman in the style of Ingres and an inventive illustrator in the style of Delaroche ; he was also a sculptor. Gerome was elected member of the Institut in 1865. He died on Jan. 12, 1904.