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.
by Alfred Edward Chalon
watercolour and pen and ink, 1804
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by Alfred Edward Chalon
watercolour and pencil, circa 1804-1836
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by Alfred Edward Chalon
pen and ink, 1814
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by Alfred Edward Chalon
ink, 1815
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Claudine de Begnis (née Ronzi)
by Alfred Edward Chalon
watercolour and pencil, circa 1823
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by Alfred Edward Chalon
watercolour, circa 1825-1830
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Abigail Betts; Harriet Catherine Fiddes (née Cawse)
by Alfred Edward Chalon
watercolour and pen and ink, circa 1828
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by Alfred Edward Chalon
pencil, pen and ink, 1828
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by Alfred Edward Chalon
watercolour, 1829
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by Alfred Edward Chalon
pencil and watercolour, 1830
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by Alfred Edward Chalon
watercolour, circa 1830
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by Alfred Edward Chalon
watercolour, circa 1831
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Marguerite, Countess of Blessington
by or after Alfred Edward Chalon
watercolour, circa 1834
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by Alfred Edward Chalon
watercolour and pen and ink, 1836
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by Alfred Edward Chalon
pencil and watercolour, circa 1836
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by Alfred Edward Chalon
chalk, circa 1844
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Unknown man, formerly known as Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
attributed to Alfred Edward Chalon
watercolour
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Elizabeth Laura Henrietta Russell
by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after Alfred Edward Chalon
stipple engraving, early 19th century
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by Samuel Freeman, published by Edward Baines, after Alfred Edward Chalon
stipple engraving, published 30 June 1811
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Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
by Robert Cooper, published by Rudolph Ackermann, after Alfred Edward Chalon
stipple engraving, published 4 June 1816
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