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Théobald Chartran ('T')

(1849-1907), Painter and caricaturist

Artist associated with 86 portraits
French-born Theobald Chartran began his study of art in Paris under Alexandre Cabanel and later attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He gained a reputation as a painter of historical tableaux and won a number of commissions to paint French government buildings. After 1880, Chartran concentrated on portrait painting and became one of the favourite portraitists of elegant society. In the 1870s and 1880s he was one of an international group of artists who worked for Vanity Fair, producing caricatures of many of the leading characters of the day. He signed these works 'T'. He travelled to the United States in 1893 and made annual portrait-painting visits thereafter, until the end of his life.

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Prince Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte ('Princes. No. 8.'), by Théobald Chartran ('T') - NPG D43915

Prince Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte ('Princes. No. 8.')

by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 26 July 1879
NPG D43915

Victor Hugo ('Men of the Day. No. 204.'), by Théobald Chartran ('T') - NPG D43923

Victor Hugo ('Men of the Day. No. 204.')

by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 20 September 1879
NPG D43923

Paul Adolphe Marie Prosper Granier de Cassagnac ('Statesmen. No. 318.'), by Théobald Chartran ('T') - NPG D43934

Paul Adolphe Marie Prosper Granier de Cassagnac ('Statesmen. No. 318.')

by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 6 December 1879
NPG D43934

Louis Jean Joseph Charles Blanc ('Statesmen. No. 319.'), by Théobald Chartran ('T') - NPG D43937

Louis Jean Joseph Charles Blanc ('Statesmen. No. 319.')

by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 20 December 1879
NPG D43937

Alexandre Dumas Jr ('Men of the Day. No. 212.'), by Théobald Chartran ('T') - NPG D43938

Alexandre Dumas Jr ('Men of the Day. No. 212.')

by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 27 December 1879
NPG D43938

Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier ('Men of the Day. No. 225.'), by Théobald Chartran ('T') - NPG D43956

Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier ('Men of the Day. No. 225.')

by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 1 May 1880
NPG D43956

Sir Augustus Berkeley Paget ('Statesmen. No. 329.'), by Théobald Chartran ('T') - NPG D43964

Sir Augustus Berkeley Paget ('Statesmen. No. 329.')

by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 26 June 1880
NPG D43964

James Russell Lowell ('Statesmen. No. 335.'), by Théobald Chartran ('T') - NPG D43973

James Russell Lowell ('Statesmen. No. 335.')

by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 21 August 1880
NPG D43973

Frank Hugh O'Cahan O'Donnell ('Statesmen. No. 336.'), by Théobald Chartran ('T') - NPG D43974

Frank Hugh O'Cahan O'Donnell ('Statesmen. No. 336.')

by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 28 August 1880
NPG D43974

Charles Stewart Parnell ('Statesmen. No. 338.'), by Théobald Chartran ('T') - NPG D43976

Charles Stewart Parnell ('Statesmen. No. 338.')

by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 11 September 1880
NPG D43976

Leonard Henry Courtney, 1st Baron Courtney of Penwith ('Statesmen. No. 340.'), by Théobald Chartran ('T') - NPG D43978

Leonard Henry Courtney, 1st Baron Courtney of Penwith ('Statesmen. No. 340.')

by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 25 September 1880
NPG D43978

Edmond François Valentin About ('Men of the Day. No. 232.'), by Théobald Chartran ('T') - NPG D43986

Edmond François Valentin About ('Men of the Day. No. 232.')

by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 20 November 1880
NPG D43986

Victorien Sardou ('Men of the Day. No. 235.'), by Théobald Chartran ('T') - NPG D43992

Victorien Sardou ('Men of the Day. No. 235.')

by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 25 December 1880
NPG D43992

Isma'il Pasha ('Statesmen. No. 360.'), by Théobald Chartran ('T') - NPG D44011

Isma'il Pasha ('Statesmen. No. 360.')

by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 7 May 1881
NPG D44011

Sir Robert Fowler, 1st Bt ('Statesmen. No. 247.'), by Théobald Chartran ('T') - NPG D44018

Sir Robert Fowler, 1st Bt ('Statesmen. No. 247.')

by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 25 June 1881
NPG D44018

"Birth, Behaviour & Business"

by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 5 July 1881
NPG D44020

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