Théobald Chartran ('T')
(1849-1907), Painter and caricaturistArtist 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.
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')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 20 September 1879
NPG D43923
Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de Mac-Mahon, Duke of Magenta ('Statesmen. No. 314.')
by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 11 October 1879
NPG D43926
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')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 20 December 1879
NPG D43937
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')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 1 May 1880
NPG D43956
Sir Augustus Berkeley Paget ('Statesmen. No. 329.')
by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 26 June 1880
NPG D43964
by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 6 July 1880
NPG D43966
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')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 28 August 1880
NPG D43974
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')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 25 September 1880
NPG D43978
Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 3rd Marquess of Ailesbury ('Statemen. No. 339.')
by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 9 October 1880
NPG D43980
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')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 25 December 1880
NPG D43992
Isma'il Pasha ('Statesmen. No. 360.')
by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 7 May 1881
NPG D44011
George Charles Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough ('Men of the Day. No. 246.')
by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 18 June 1881
NPG D44017
Sir Robert Fowler, 1st Bt ('Statesmen. No. 247.')
by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 25 June 1881
NPG D44018
by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 5 July 1881
NPG D44020
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