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# Mob (Babyface Ray album)

Mob is the second studio album by American rapper Babyface Ray. It was released through Wavy Gang and Empire Distribution on December 2, 2022. The album features guest appearances from Lil Durk, Blxst, Nija, Doe Boy, Samuel Shabazz, King Hendrick$, and GMO Stax. The album was supported by two singles: "Nice Guy" and "Spend It" (featuring Nija and Blxst).
In the United States, Mob entered at number 54 on the Billboard 200.

## Critical reception

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Pitchfork | 7.5/10 |
AllMusic gave it three out of five stars and noted that the album "is another lengthy set of tracks that demonstrates the Detroit rapper's stylistic range".
In a positive review, Pitchfork wrote, "What MOB proves is that good music and hard work can be their own self-fulfilling prophecy".

## Charts

Chart performance for Mob :
| Chart (2022) | Peak position |
| US Billboard 200 | 54 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) | 19 |
# Loughanstown

Loughanstown is a place name and may refer to:

## Places
### Ireland

* Loughanstown, Caheravally, a townland in the barony of Clanwilliam, County Limerick
* Loughanstown, Delvin, a townland in the civil parish of Delvin, barony of Delvin, County Westmeath
* Loughanstown, Fedamore, a townland in the barony of Clanwilliam, County Limerick
* Loughanstown, Portnashangan, a townland in the barony of Corkaree, County Westmeath
* Loughanstown, Rathfeigh, a townland in the barony of Skreen, County Meath
* Loughanstown, Rathgarve, a townland in the civil parish of Rathgarve, barony of Fore, County Westmeath
* Loughanstown, Russagh, a townland in the civil parish of Russagh, barony of Moygoish, County Westmeath
* Loughanstown Lower (or Slievelahan), a townland in the civil parish of Russagh, barony of Moygoish, County Westmeath
# 1968 Ecuadorian general election

General elections were held in Ecuador on 2 June 1968. The presidential election was won by José María Velasco Ibarra of the National Velasquista Federation [es], who received 33% of the vote. He started his fifth and last term in office on 1 September.

## President

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | José María Velasco Ibarra | National Velasquista Federation [es] | 280,370 | 32.85 |
| | Andrés Córdova | Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party | 264,312 | 30.97 |
| | Camilo Ponce Enríquez | Social Christian Party | 259,833 | 30.44 |
| | Jorge Crespo | Ecuadorian Nationalist Revolutionary Action [es] | 31,991 | 3.75 |
| | Elías Gallegos | People's Democratic Union | 17,040 | 2.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | 853,546 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 853,546 | 91.88 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 75,435 | 8.12 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 928,981 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 1,198,874 | 77.49 |
| Source: Nohlen |||||
# Hills (disambiguation)

Hills generally refers to a series of raised landforms.
Hills may also refer to:

## Places
### Australia

* Hills District, New South Wales

### United States

* Hills, Iowa
* Hills, Minnesota
* Hills, Ohio
* Hills Fork, a stream in Ohio

## Music

* "Hills", a song by Frank La Forge
* "Hills", a song by Kim Petras

## Other uses

* Hills (store), an American department store chain
* Hills (surname)
* Hills Centre, an entertainment centre in Castle Hill, New South Wales
* Hills Christian Life Centre (now Hillsong Church), commonly nicknamed Hills
* Hills cloud a circumstellar disc, interior to the Oort cloud
* Hills Industries, an Australian diversified manufacturer, best known for the Hills Hoist clothesline
* Hill's Pet Nutrition, an American pet food company
* Hills Supermarkets, an American market chain
# 1966 European Indoor Games – Women's 60 metres

The women's 60 metres event at the 1966 European Indoor Games was held on 27 March in Dortmund.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Margit Nemesházi Hungary | Galina Mitrokhina Soviet Union | Mary Rand Great Britain |

## Results
### Heats

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Ulla-Britt Wieslander | Sweden | 7.5 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Mary Rand | Great Britain | 7.5 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Eva Lehocká | Czechoslovakia | 7.5 | q |
| 4 | 1 | Oddrun Hokland | Norway | 7.8 | q |
| 1 | 2 | Galina Mitrokhina | Soviet Union | 7.4 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Hannelore Trabert | West Germany | 7.5 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Gundula Diel | East Germany | 7.6 | q |
| 4 | 2 | Therese Schueremans | Belgium | 8.1 | |
| 1 | 3 | Margit Nemesházi | Hungary | 7.3 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Liljana Petnjarić | Yugoslavia | 7.6 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Dorothee Sander | West Germany | 7.6 | q |

### Semifinals

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Margit Nemesházi | Hungary | 7.2 | Q, WB |
| 2 | 1 | Mary Rand | Great Britain | 7.4 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Dorothee Sander | West Germany | 7.4 | q |
| 4 | 1 | Liljana Petnjarić | Yugoslavia | 7.4 | q |
| 1 | 2 | Galina Mitrokhina | Soviet Union | 7.3 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Hannelore Trabert | West Germany | 7.4 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Ulla-Britt Wieslander | Sweden | 7.5 | |
| 4 | 2 | Oddrun Hokland | Norway | 7.7 | |
| | 1 | Eva Lehocká | Czechoslovakia | DNS | |
| | 2 | Gundula Diel | East Germany | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 3 | Margit Nemesházi | Hungary | 7.3 |
| | 2 | Galina Mitrokhina | Soviet Union | 7.3 |
| | 5 | Mary Rand | Great Britain | 7.4 |
| 4 | 1 | Dorothee Sander | West Germany | 7.4 |
| 5 | 6 | Hannelore Trabert | West Germany | 7.5 |
| 6 | 4 | Liljana Petnjarić | Yugoslavia | 7.5 |
# High Energy (The Supremes song)

"High Energy" is a dance/disco song by The Supremes. Released as the album's title-track single in 1976 from their penultimate album High Energy, this energic, sound-bursting tune featured lead vocals by Susaye Greene. Greene, new to the group, was brought in to dub her vocals although Scherrie Payne had already recorded lead vocals prior to Greene's entry into the trio. As such, this was the final single to feature former member Cindy Birdsong's vocals, and the sixth and final single of the group to feature four members. Written by Harold Beatty, Brian Holland and Edward Holland, Jr., the song peaked at position nine on the dance/disco charts later that same year.

## Personnel

* Lead vocals by Susaye Greene
* Background vocals by Mary Wilson, Cindy Birdsong and Scherrie Payne

## Chart history

| Chart (1976) | Peak position |
| US Billboard Hot Dance/Disco Songs | 9 |
# 1960 Ghanaian constitutional referendum

A constitutional referendum was held in Ghana on 27 April 1960. The main issue was a change in the country's status from a constitutional monarchy with Elizabeth II as head of state, to a republic with a presidential system of government.

## Results

| Choice | Choice | Votes | % |
| For | For | 1,008,740 | 88.47 |
| Against | Against | 131,425 | 11.53 |
| Total | Total | 1,140,165 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 2,098,651 | – |
| Source: African Elections database ||||

## Aftermath

Presidential elections were held alongside the referendum, which were won by the incumbent Prime Minister, Kwame Nkrumah. He was inaugurated on 1 July 1960, replacing Queen Elizabeth II as head of state, and thus eliminating the post of Governor-General.
Four years later another referendum strengthened the president's powers and turned the country into a one-party state (with an official result of 99.91% in support).
# Texas Longhorns men's basketball, 1906–1909
## 1905–06 season
### Schedule and results

Coach: Magnus Mainland Overall Record: 7–1 :
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Record |
| Mar 10 | Baylor | Clark Field • Austin, Texas | W 27–17 | 1–0 |
| ? | @ Baylor | ? • Waco, Texas | W 32–23 | 2–0 |
| ? | @ Baylor | ? • Waco, Texas | W 21–17 | 3–0 |
| ? | @ Baylor | ? • Waco, Texas | W 23–18 | 4–0 |
| ? | @ Temple YMCA | ? • Temple, Texas | W 30–16 | 5–0 |
| ? | @ Southwest Texas State | ? • San Marcos, Texas | W 25–9 | 6–0 |
| ? | @ Southwest Texas State | ? • San Marcos, Texas | W 42–8 | 7–0 |
| ? | @ San Antonio High School | ? • San Antonio, Texas | L 15–18 | 7–1 |

## 1906–07 season
### Schedule and results

Coach: Magnus Mainland Overall Record: 5–4$^†$ :
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Record |
| Jan 24 | Palestine YMCA | Clark Field • Austin, Texas | W 35–10 | 1–0 |
| ? | Decatur Baptist Academy | Clark Field • Austin, Texas | L 23–24 | 1–1 |
| ? | Baylor | Clark Field • Austin, Texas | W 38–27 | 2–1 |
| ? | @ Baylor | ? • Waco, Texas | L 21–23 | 2–2 |
| ? | @ Fort Worth YMCA | ? • Fort Worth, Texas | L 23–27 | 2–3 |
| ? | @ Baylor | ? • Waco, Texas | L 24–28 | 2–4 |
| ? | @ Cleburne YMCA | ? • Cleburne, Texas | W 40–36 | 3–4 |
| ? | San Antonio High School | Clark Field • Austin, Texas | W 36–16 | 4–4 |
| ? | Lakeside Institute | Clark Field • Austin, Texas | W (score unrecorded) | 5–4 |
| $^†$4–4 in official UT records (games with unrecorded scores not counted). ||||||||

## 1907–08 season
### Schedule and results

Overall Record: n/a :
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Record |
| No team in 1908. ||||||||

## 1908–09 season
### Schedule and results

Coach: W.E. Metzenthin Overall Record: 6–3 :
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Record |
| ? | Austin High School | Clark Field • Austin, Texas | W 56–4 | 1–0 |
| ? | Deaf and Dumb Institute | Clark Field • Austin, Texas | W 39–9 | 2–0 |
| ? | @ Allen Academy | ? • Bryan, Texas | L 21–42 | 2–1 |
| ? | @ Allen Academy | ? • Bryan, Texas | L 21–38 | 2–2 |
| ? | San Antonio High School | Clark Field • Austin, Texas | W 21–19 | 3–2 |
| ? | Baylor | Clark Field • Austin, Texas | L 34–47 | 3–3 |
| ? | @ Baylor | ? • Waco, Texas | W 29–21 | 4–3 |
| ? | Deaf and Dumb Institute | Clark Field • Austin, Texas | W 42–3 | 5–3 |
| ? | Austin High School | Clark Field • Austin, Texas | W 21–8 | 6–3 |
# Mohammad Reza Tafazzoli

Mohammad Reza Tafazzoli (born 1974) is an Iranian composer.

## Career

Mohammad Reza Tafazzoli was born in 1974 in Karlsruhe, Germany. He started his musical education in the Boys Conservatory of Tehran and graduated in 1992. Before leaving for Russia in 2002 he graduated from the Music Academy in Azad University of Arts and Architecture.
He studied composition in the Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory of Music in Saint Petersburg, under Boris Tishchenko, a pupil of Dmitri Shostakovich and a prominent figure in the Saint Petersburg school of composition. He studied Polyphony and Musical Form and Analysis with Anatoli Milka and Igor Rogalev.
He returned to Iran in 2007 soon after obtaining his Diploma With Honor from the conservatory.
Tafazzoli is now teaching in art universities in Iran including Tehran University of Art, Azad University of Art and Architecture, and Tehran University.

## Works
### Orchestral works

* "Chavosh March" for Orchestra (1996)
* "Epigraph" for Orchestra (1997)
* Theme and Variations for String Orchestra (2003)
* Symphony No. 1 (2004-2006)

### Chamber works

* Woodwind Quartet (2002)
* Sonata for Cello and Piano (2003)
* Quartet (2004)
* Elegy for Violin and Piano (2005)
* Ballad for Flute and Piano (2012)

### Works for voice, choir and orchestra

* Symphonic Tasnif "Beloved's Ringlet" for Solo Singer, Male-voice Choir and Orchestra based on the poem by Khaju Kermani (1999)
* Symphonic Cantata "In Memory of Mosaddegh" for Choir, Basso Solo and Orchestra based on the poem by Mehdi Akhavan-Saless (2007-2008)

### Piano works

* Two Valses for Piano (1998)
* Funeral March (2001)
* Interlude (1999)
* Romance (2003)
* Sonata for Piano (2009)
* Five Choral Miniatures (2011)
* Three Chorales on Sa'eb's Poetry (2012)
* On Worshiping the Truth
* Poem (2014)

### Guitar music

* Zenitchikov Dormitory (2011)
# Louis N. Le Roux

Louis Napoléon Le Roux (29 May 1890 – 5 August 1944) was a Breton nationalist. He is also known as Loeiz-Napoleon Ar Rouz in the Breton language.
Le Roux was born at Pleudaniel, Brittany, France, son of a miller in a family of eight children.
In 1911 he was one of the founders of the Breton Nationalist Party with Camille Le Mercier d'Erm, co-signing with him its separatist manifesto. He typically signed himself Louis N. Le Roux, perhaps in order to avoid using the name 'Louis Napoléon'. He contributed to the bulletin Brug (heather) published by Émile Masson from Pontivy, between 1913 and 1914, which promoted socialist and radical ideas to the peasantry of Lower Brittany.
Having exiled himself to Switzerland to avoid fighting for France in World War I, he left for Ireland, having been accepted by the United Kingdom as a political refugee in 1916 after France attempted to extradite him; there he established good relations with nationalist leaders although during the same war, he served in the British Army, stationed within Ireland, from June 1916 until he was invalided due to ill-health in September 1917.
Le Roux contributed to the journal La Bretagne libertaire in 1921. In 1922, he translated into French the works of Ramsay MacDonald. He also wrote one of the earliest biographies of Patrick Pearse. He also contributed actively to another journal, Breizh Atao but left to avoid responsibility for its debts in the 1930s and started a new Breton Nationalist Association (French: Associatione nationale bretonne (ANB)), with a new journal, Breizh Dishual which he became editor of. At that stage he proclaimed he had rejected armed militancy and advocated compulsory teaching of the Breton language in schools in Lower Brittany and the teaching of Breton history throughout the province.
Eventually, and perhaps surprisingly, he became private secretary to the British Conservative politician Harold Macmillan, before being killed during the London Blitz of World War II in August 1944 aged 54, when a German V-2 rocket hit the Middlesex Hospital, where he was being treated for influenza.

## Publications

* Pour le séparatisme la question bretonne essai précédé du manifeste (Rennes: Editions du Parti Nationaliste Breton, 1911)
* La Langue des Relations Interceltiques
* L'Irlande militante: la vie de Patrick Pearse, avec une introduction historique et 15 photographies (Rennes: Imprimerie Commerciale de Bretagne, 1932)
# Lorenzo P. Latimer

Lorenzo Palmer Latimer (1857 – January 14, 1941) was an American painter and educator. He painted and taught art in San Francisco, California and Reno, Nevada.

## Life

Latimer was born in 1857 in Gold Hill, California (formerly, Granite Hill). His father, also named Lorenzo Latimer, was a judge. He was educated at the McClure Military Institute in Oakland, and he graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute.
Latimer taught art at the San Francisco Mechanics' Institute from 1893 to 1905, and later in Ukiah. He took annual trips to Nevada to paint from 1916 onward, and he taught in Reno. He mentored many early 20th-century landscape painters in Nevada, including Mattie S. Conner, Marguerite Erwin, Dora Groesbeck, Hildegard Herz, Nettie McDonald, Minerva Pierce, Echo Mapes Robinson, Nevada Wilson, and Dolores Samuels Young. He was the second vice president of the San Francisco Art Association from 1900 to 1912, and he founded the Latimer Art Club in Reno in 1921. He won many awards at art fairs.
With his wife Jennie, Latimer had a son, also named Lorenzo Latimer. He died of a heart attack on January 14, 1941, in Berkeley, California, at age 83, and he was buried in the Cypress Lawn Memorial Park. His work can be seen at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno and the Robert Louis Stevenson Museum in St. Helena, California.
# The Arrivals

The Arrivals is a 2013 fantasy Western novel by American author Melissa Marr. It is her second adult novel, following her 2011 novel Graveminder. It was first published on July 2, 2013, through William Morrow and follows a group of people that must find a way to survive in strange new surroundings.

## Synopsis

When recovering alcoholic Chloe walks into her apartment to find her fiancé having sex with her boss, the first thing she does is walk into a bar and break the sobriety she's worked so hard for. She passes out and awakens in a strange new world called The Wasteland. In this land magic and gunfights are a way of life, as is the rampant corruption that threatens everyone in it. Siblings Kitty and Jack inform her that she is an "Arrival", a person that has arrived in this world from another time and place. Chloe also discovers that the Arrivals are capable of coming back to life if they die, although nobody knows why this happens and this regeneration is not always guaranteed. Together she and the siblings' rag-tag band must fight against Ajani, a wealthy but insane man set on bending The Wasteland to his will.

## Reception

Critical reception for The Arrivals was mostly positive. USA Today commented that the brother and sister pair of Kitty and Jack were some of the most interesting characters in the book, also stating that "the core concept – of people on a path of redemption in a throwback afterlife – is just too fascinating to ignore". Tor.com commented that while they enjoyed the book overall, the work also felt unfinished but that "Wanting more of what a storyteller has revealed can only be considered a recommendation".
# Thaimi O'Reilly

Thaimi O'Reilly (born 20 July 1976) is a former Cuban-born Italian long jumper and triple jumper.
Three-time Italian champion, she won also a French championship in 2003 in triple jump.

## Biography

Born in Cuba, she moved to Italy in 1999 and in 2001 she acquired citizenship by marriage.

## Achievements

| Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event | Time | Notes |
| Representing Italy |||||||
| 2001 | Universiade | Beijing | 6th | 4 × 100 metres relay | 45.74 | |

## National titles

O'Reilly won three national championships at individual senior level.
* Italian Athletics Championships
** Long jump: 2003
* Italian Indoor Athletics Championships
** Long jump: 2003, 2004
# Hispasthathes ferruginea

Hispasthathes ferruginea is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1926 and is known from the Philippines.
# Lost in a Dream

Lost in a Dream may refer to:
* Lost in a Dream (REO Speedwagon album)
* Lost in a Dream (Paul Motian album)
# Molly McClure

Molly McClure (born Mary Ella Karnes; January 19, 1919 – August 15, 2008) was an American film and television actress She appeared in films and televisions series such as Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will?, Murphy Brown, Mrs. Doubtfire, City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold, Walker, Texas Ranger and Pure Country.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1988 | Moving | Puzzle Lady | |
| 1988 | Arthur 2: On the Rocks | Greta | |
| 1990 | Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will? | Mama Wheelis | |
| 1991 | City Slickers | Millie Stone | |
| 1992 | Pure Country | Grandma Ivy Chandler | |
| 1993 | Mrs. Doubtfire | Woman Housekeeper | |
| 1994 | A Gift from Heaven | | |
| 1994 | City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold | Millie Stone | |
| 1995 | Under the Hula Moon | Grandmother | |
| 1998 | Finding North | Aunt Bonnie | |
| 1998 | The Patriot | Molly | (final film role) |
# Hiru FM

Hiru FM is a Sinhala radio station in Sri Lanka owned by ABC Radio Networks. It covers the whole island.

## Awards

* Most Popular Radio Channel - International MACO Awards 2012
# 1968–69 WHL season

The 1968–69 WHL season was the 17th season of the Western Hockey League. Six teams played a 74-game schedule, and the Vancouver Canucks were the Lester Patrick Cup champions, defeating the Portland Buckaroos four games to none in the final series. The Denver Spurs joined the WHL as sixth team.

## Teams

1968–69 Western Hockey League :
| Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
| Denver Spurs | Denver, Colorado | Denver Coliseum | 8,140 |
| Phoenix Roadrunners | Phoenix, Arizona | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 12,371 |
| Portland Buckaroos | Portland, Oregon | Memorial Coliseum | 12,000 |
| San Diego Gulls | San Diego, California | San Diego International Sports Center | 12,920 |
| Seattle Totems | Seattle, Washington | Seattle Center Coliseum | 12,250 |
| Vancouver Canucks | Vancouver, British Columbia | Pacific Coliseum | 15,038 |

### Map of teams
## Final standings

WHL Standings :
| R | Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Portland Buckaroos | 74 | 40 | 18 | 16 | 291 | 201 | 96 |
| 2 | Vancouver Canucks | 74 | 36 | 24 | 14 | 259 | 223 | 86 |
| 3 | San Diego Gulls | 74 | 33 | 29 | 12 | 273 | 260 | 78 |
| 4 | Seattle Totems | 74 | 33 | 30 | 11 | 236 | 238 | 77 |
| 5 | Phoenix Roadrunners | 74 | 21 | 41 | 12 | 199 | 282 | 54 |
| 6 | Denver Spurs | 74 | 23 | 44 | 7 | 254 | 308 | 53 |
bold - qualified for playoffs

## Playoffs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Portland Buckaroos | 4 | | | |
| 3 | San Diego Gulls | 3 | | | |
| 3 | San Diego Gulls | 3 | 1 | Portland Buckaroos | 0 |
| | | | 2 | Vancouver Canucks | 4 |
| 2 | Vancouver Canucks | 4 | 2 | Vancouver Canucks | 4 |
| 4 | Seattle Totems | 0 | | | |
The Vancouver Canucks defeated the Portland Buckaroos 4 games to 0 to win the Lester Patrick Cup.
# Thalassocyon bonus

Thalassocyon bonus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Thalassocyonidae.
# Louis Gustave Ricard

Louis Gustave Ricard (1 September 1823, Marseille – 23 January 1873, Paris) was a French painter, known primarily for his portraits.

## Biography

According to some sources, his family was originally from Florence and spelled their name "Ricoardi". His father was a well-off money changer and lender, which allowed him the time to attend courses at the École supérieure d'art et de design Marseille-Méditerranée [fr]. He also received private lessons from the portraitist, Pierre Bronzet, about whom little is known. In 1843, he received permission from his father to go to Paris, where he enrolled at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts and studied history painting with Léon Cogniet. He also copied the Old Masters at the Louvre and competed (unsuccessfully) for the Prix de Rome.
This was followed by a study trip to Italy and the Netherlands. He had his first exhibit at the Salon in 1850 and was awarded a second-class medal. In 1852, his portrait of Adélaïde-Louise d'Eckmühl de Blocqueville earned him a first-class medal. He exhibited nine portraits at the Exposition Universelle (1855). They received honorable mention. He sent eight portraits to the Salon of 1857 and ten to the Salon of 1859, including one of Raymond-Théodore Troplong, President of the French Senate. After that, tired of being denied the Legion of Honor, he renounced official competitions and focused on his private clientele. He was apparently quite selective, however, seeking out those whose heads he liked and refusing to paint those whose heads he found disagreeable. Many of his portraits are of other painters.
During the last ten years of his life, preoccupied with equaling the Old Masters (especially Da Vinci and Rembrandt), he began to use unnatural lighting effects; blurring outlines and creating melancholic or dreamy expressions. Many of these works have an indecisive character. His portrait of Paul de Musset, exhibited at the Salon of 1872, is considered to be a prime example. Some of this attitude is credited to the influence of his beloved sister, a nun in Nancy, who he visited frequently and spoke with at length.
During the Franco-Prussian War, he lived in England. He died suddenly, of a heart attack, while having lunch with a friend. A retrospective was held shortly after at the École. Later that year, a psychological study of him by Charles Yriarte was published in the Gazette des Beaux-Arts.