François Bouchot (1800–1842) was a French painter and engraver born in Paris in 1800. He studied engraving under Richomme, and then became a pupil of Regnault, and subsequently of Lethière, and obtained the 'grand prix de Rome' in 1823. He exhibited at the Salon from 1824 till his death, which occurred in Paris in 1842. A Drunken Silenus by him is in the Lille Gallery, and the Burial of General Marceau in the Mairie at Chartres. He was also celebrated for his portraits. References 19th-century French painters French male painters French engravers 19th-century engravers 1800 births 1842 deaths Painters from Paris Prix de Rome for painting 19th-century French male artists 18th-century French male artists