FORSTER, FRANcOIS , French engraver, was born at Locle in Neufchatel on Aug. 22, 1790. In 1805 he was ap prenticed to an engraver in Paris, and at the same time he studied painting and engraving in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He obtained in 1814 the first "grand prix de gravure." The king of Prussia, who was then with the Allies in Paris, bestowed on him a gold medal, and a pension of 1,50o francs for two years. He then pursued his studies in Rome, where his attention was devoted chiefly to the works of Raphael. In 1844 he succeeded Tardieu in the Academy. He died at Paris on June 27, 1872. Among his works may be men tioned—"The Three Graces," and "La Vierge de la Legende," after Raphael ; "La Vierge au bas-relief," after Leonardo da Vinci; Francis I. and Charles V., after Gros; St. Cecilia, after Paul Dela roche ; Albert Diirer and Henry IV., after Probus; Wellington, after Gerard; and Queen Victoria, after Winterhalter.