Vernet
noun
1.
Claude Joseph
[klohd zhaw-zef] /kloʊd ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1714–89, French painter.
2.
his grandson, (Émile Jean) Horace
[ey-meel zhahn aw-ras] /eɪˈmil ʒɑ̃ ɔˈras/ (Show IPA), 1789–1863, French painter.
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