D’ORSAY, ALFRED GUILLAUME

GABRIEL, COUNT (1801-52), Fr. man of fashion and London dandy; close friend of Counte of Ble ing ton; he was author, painter, and _ sculptor; became Director of Fine Arts in Paris, but died a few days after appointment. N., 2° 15’ W.), county, S. of England; bounded N. by Wilts hire, N.W. by Somerset, W. by Devon, S. by Eng. Channel, E. by Hampshire; area, c. 978 sq. miles; fine chalk-cliff scenery on coast; manufactures paper, flax, hemp, pottery. Principal towns, Dor chester— on Frome (county town), Bridport, and Shaftesbury. There are several ruined abbeys and castles; Sherborne, and Corfe Castle in Isle of Purbeck. Pop. 1921, 228,258.