D'Orsay
ALFRED, COMTE, a French leader of fashion; born in Paris, Sept. 4, 1801. He entered the army at an early age, and was quartered at Valence in 1822, when he became acquainted with Lord and Lady Blessington, and renounced his military career for their society. In 1827 he married Lord Blessington's only daughter by a first marriage, but a separation followed, and Lord Blessington having died in Paris in 1829, D'Orsay returned to England with Lady Blessington, where they became the center of a highly distinguished circle. He displayed considerable artistic talent and taste, both as a painter and sculptor. Having shown kindness and hospitality to Louis Napoleon when an exile in London, D'Orsay after the coup d'état of 1852 was nomi- DORT nated Directeur des Beaux Arts, but he did not live to enjoy it. He died in Paris, Aug. 4, 1852.
DORSE (Morrhua Callarius), a fish of the cod genus, called also Baltic cod.