Events in the year 1812 in Art. Events The last of the Elgin Marbles are removed from the Parthenon in Athens and shipped to the UK. Hokusai publishes his first (art manual), Quick Lessons in Simplified Drawing. Awards Prix de Rome (for sculpture) – François Rude Works Alexander Carse – The Arrival of the Country Relations Jacques-Louis David – The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries Hortense de Beauharnais – The Knight's Departure (approximate date) Marie-Philippe Coupin de la Couperie – The Tragic Love of Francesca da Rimini Caspar David Friedrich The Garden Terrace The Tombs of the Old Heroes Théodore Géricault – The Charging Chasseur Francisco Goya Portrait of the Duke of Wellington (originally painted) Equestrian Portrait of the Duke of Wellington The Burial of the Sardine (possible date) Guillaume Guillon-Lethière – The Judgement of Paris Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Portrait of the Countess of Tournon Virgil Reading the Aeneid to Augustus, Livia and Octavia John Martin – Sadak in Search of the Waters of Oblivion Henry Raeburn – Colonel Alasdair Macdonell of Glengarry Pierre Révoil – The Tournament (Le tournoi) J. M. W. Turner – Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps Births March 1 – Augustus Pugin, English architect, illustrator, and designer (died 1852) April 15 – Théodore Rousseau, French landscape painter (died 1867) May 12 – Edward Lear, English painter, illustrator and humorous writer (died 1888) June 30 – Josabeth Sjöberg, Swedish painter and music teacher (died 1882) July 9 – Thomas Musgrave Joy, English portrait painter (died 1866) Deaths February 20 – Felix Ivo Leicher, Czech-born Viennese painter of altarpieces and secular works (born 1727) March 2 – John Raphael Smith, English painter and engraver (born 1751) March 11 – Philip James de Loutherbourg, naturalized English theatrical scene painter (born 1740) March 14 – Robert Cromek, English engraver and art dealer (born 1770) March 18 – Johann Ziegler, Austrian painter of landscapes and city scenes (born 1749) March 29 – Johann Friedrich Dryander, German-born portrait painter (born 1756) June 16 – Franz Pforr, German Nazarene movement painter (born 1788) June 21 – Johann Friedrich August Tischbein (Leipziger Tischbein), painter (born 1750) August 2 – Edward Smyth, Irish sculptor (born 1749) August 23 – Tethart Philipp Christian Haag, German-born Dutch portrait artist (born 1737) October 21 – Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford, British peer, politician and artist (born 1751) December 24 – George