Simon Jacques Rochard (28 December 1788 – 10 June 1872) was a painter of portrait miniatures in France, England and Brussels in the first half of the nineteenth century.
He showed early talent and, after his father died, helped support his mother and eleven siblings by drawing portraits.
[4] Shortly after he moved to London and became very popular, painting numerous miniatures of members of the upper class such as Princess Charlotte.
[1][2][7] His first marriage to Henriette Petitjean ended in a separation[2] but left Rochard with a daughter, Eugenie, born in 1814,[8] who married an English officer.
He was also a popular portrait painter specializing in miniatures and in water colors and won two silver medals from the new Society of British Artists in 1823.