Alfred Edward Chalon
(1780-1860), Portrait and subject painterSitter associated with 1 portrait
Artist associated with 180 portraits
Born in Geneva to French parents. His father became a professor at the Royal Military College in Sandhurst, and the family moved to England. In 1797, Chalon enrolled at the Royal Academy schools. He first exhibited at the academy in 1810; was elected an associate two years later and became an academician in 1816. Chalon's talents lay in painting miniature watercolour portraits. His work became highly fashionable. He came to the attention of Queen Victoria and she asked him to paint her first visit to the House of Lords in 1837. Afterwards, the queen appointed him as painter in watercolour. The head and shoulders of his portrait of the Queen were featured on many British colonial postage stamps.
Giulia Grisi as Elvira; Luigi Lablache as Sir Georgio in Bellini's 'I Puritani'
by Richard James Lane, printed by Graf & Soret, published by John Mitchell, published by Rittner & Goupil, after Alfred Edward Chalon
coloured lithograph, published 1 January 1836
NPG D34976
Giulia Grisi as Elvira; Luigi Lablache as Sir Georgio in Bellini's 'I Puritani'
by Richard James Lane, printed by Graf & Soret, published by John Mitchell, published by Rittner & Goupil, after Alfred Edward Chalon
coloured lithograph, published 1 January 1836
NPG D34977
by Richard James Lane, printed by Graf & Soret, published by John Mitchell, published by Rittner & Goupil, after Alfred Edward Chalon
lithograph, published 1 January 1836
NPG D37125
Giulia Grisi as Elvira; Luigi Lablache as Sir Georgio in Bellini's 'I Puritani'
by Richard James Lane, printed by Graf & Soret, published by John Mitchell, published by Rittner & Goupil, after Alfred Edward Chalon
coloured lithograph, published 1 January 1836
NPG D37126
by and published by Henry Thomas Ryall, and published by James Fraser, and published by Sir Francis Graham Moon, 1st Bt, after Alfred Edward Chalon
stipple engraving, published 1836
NPG D36997
John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst
by Richard James Lane, printed by Graf & Soret, published by John Mitchell, after Alfred Edward Chalon
lithograph, published 30 March 1836
NPG D38036
by Richard James Lane, published by John Mitchell, published by Rittner & Goupil, after Alfred Edward Chalon
hand-coloured lithograph, published 1 January 1836
NPG D40815
by Henry Thomas Ryall, after Alfred Edward Chalon
stipple engraving, published 1836
NPG D2351
by Richard James Lane, printed by Graf & Soret, published by John Mitchell, published by Rittner & Goupil, after Alfred Edward Chalon
lithograph, published 1 January 1836
NPG D2823
John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst
by Richard James Lane, after Alfred Edward Chalon
lithograph, published 1836
NPG D21835
Marie Felicita Malibran (née Garcia)
by Richard James Lane, after Alfred Edward Chalon
hand-coloured lithograph, 1836
NPG D21940
Marie Felicita Malibran (née Garcia)
by Richard James Lane, printed by Lemercier, after Alfred Edward Chalon
lithograph, 1836
NPG D21941
John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst
by Richard James Lane, after Alfred Edward Chalon
lithograph, published 1836
NPG D21999
John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst
by Richard James Lane, after Alfred Edward Chalon
lithograph, published 1836
NPG D22252
Drawing Room at St James's: The Presentation (Queen Victoria)
by John Henry Robinson, published by Peter Jackson, after Alfred Edward Chalon
stipple engraving, mid 19th century
NPG D10863
Elizabeth Grey (née Egerton), Baroness de Ros; Viscount Grey de Wilton
by Henry Richard Cook, printed by McQueen (Macqueen), published by Longman & Co, after Alfred Edward Chalon
stipple engraving, published 1837
NPG D34960
Catherine (née Pollok), Lady Stepney
by Samuel Freeman, published by Henry Colburn, after Alfred Edward Chalon
stipple engraving, published December 1837
NPG D47477
Charles Manners Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury
by Henry Bryan Hall, after Alfred Edward Chalon
stipple engraving, published 1838
NPG D32592
Madame Céleste (Céline Céleste) as Madeline in 'St Mary's Eve'
by Maxim Gauci, after Alfred Edward Chalon
lithograph, published 1838
NPG D32806
Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent and Strathearn
by Richard James Lane, published by Thomas Boys, after Alfred Edward Chalon
lithograph, published 1838
NPG D33296
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