CARAN D'ACHE, the pseudonym (meaning "lead-pencil") of Emmanuel Poire (1858-1909), caricaturist and illustrator, who was born and educated at Moscow, being the grandson of one of Napoleon's officers who had settled in Russia. He de termined to be a military painter, and when he arrived in Paris from Russia was advised by Detaille. He served five years in the army, where the principal work allotted to him was the draw ing of uniforms for the Ministry of War. He drew for La Vie militaire a series of illustrations, among them being some good tempered caricatures of the German army. His special gift lay in pictorial anecdote, the story being represented at its different stages with irresistible effect, in the artist's own mannered sim plicity. Much of his work was contributed to La Vie Parisienne, Le Figaro Illustre, La Caricature, Le Chat Noir, and he also issued various albums of sketches, the Carnet de cheques (1893), illustrating the Panama scandals, Album de croquis militaires et d'histoire sans legendes (1890), Histoire de Marlborough (1897), etc., besides illustrating a good many books, notably the Prince Kozakokoff of Bernadaky. He died on Feb. 26, 1909.