Raffet, Denis Auguste Marie

Raffet, Denis Auguste Marie (dənē` ōgüst` märē` räfā`), 1804–60, French lithographer and illustrator; student of Charlet and of Gros. He attained an individual style in his series depicting Napoleon I and his soldiers. His most notable work was a series of lithographs (1850) of the French siege of Rome. An excellent draftsman, Raffet illustrated numerous works, among them the Histoire de la révolution française of Adolphe Thiers.