(John) Sims Reeves

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This is one of a small collection of water-colours of opera singers and others by Chalon.

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Dark eyes, brown hair. Dressed in a purple neck-tie, white shirt, black coat with red rose in his left buttonhole, and bluish-grey trousers. Background brown colour washes.

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Purchased from Mrs Florence A. Blake, 1922.


This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.

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