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.
Sir Henry Peter Ewart Bt ('Men of the Day. No. 248.')
by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 9 July 1881
NPG D44021
Henry George Percy, 7th Duke of Northumberland ('Statesmen. No. 370.')
by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 27 August 1881
NPG D44028
Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Earl Fortescue ('Statesmen. No. 372.')
by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 17 September 1881
NPG D44031
Lord Henry John Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Beaulieu ('Statesmen. No. 373.')
by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 24 September 1881
NPG D44032
Frederick William Brook Thellusson, 5th Baron Rendlesham ('Statesmen. No. 376.')
by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 15 October 1881
NPG D44035
Robert Francis St Clair-Erskine, 4th Earl of Rosslyn ('Statesmen. No. 380.')
by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 12 November 1881
NPG D44039
Cornwallis Maude, 1st Earl de Montalt ('Statesmen. No. 382.')
by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 26 November 1881
NPG D44041
Sir John Edmund Commerell ('Men of the Day. No. 250.')
by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 24 December 1881
NPG D44047
George Errington ('Statesmen. No. 395.')
by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 1 April 1882
NPG D44060
John Henniker-Major, 5th Baron Henniker ('Statesmen. No. 404.')
by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 1 July 1882
NPG D44073
by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 5 July 1882
NPG D44074
Sir John Bennet Lawes, 1st Bt 9 ('Men of the Day. No. 259.')
by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 8 July 1882
NPG D44075
Sir Alexander Milne, 1st Bt ('Men of the Day. No. 260.')
by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 29 July 1882
NPG D44078
Cyril Flower, 1st Baron Battersea ('Statesmen. No. 408.')
by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 19 August 1882
NPG D44081
Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham ('Statesmen. No. 409.')
by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 9 September 1882
NPG D44084
Ivor Bertie Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne ('Statesmen. No. 411.')
by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 23 September 1882
NPG D44086
"Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales" "H. R. H. The Princess."' (Queen Alexandra)
by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 5 December 1882
NPG D44097
Grace Caroline Vane (née Lowther), Duchess of Cleveland ('Ladies. No. 1.')
by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 17 February 1883
NPG D44108
Edwyn Sherard Burnaby ('Statesmen. No. 419.')
by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 10 March 1883
NPG D44111
Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonby ('Men of the Day. No. 278.')
by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 17 March 1883
NPG D44112
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