Claudine de Begnis (née Ronzi)
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Claudine de Begnis (née Ronzi)
by Alfred Edward Chalon
watercolour and pencil, circa 1823
17 1/4 in. x 12 in. (438 mm x 305 mm)
Purchased, 1902
Primary Collection
NPG 1328
Sitterback to top
- Claudine de Begnis (née Ronzi) (1800-1853), Actress and singer. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Alfred Edward Chalon (1780-1860), Portrait and subject painter. Artist or producer associated with 180 portraits, Sitter associated with 1 portrait.
This portraitback to top
This is a historical work of art which reflects the attitudes and viewpoints of the time in which it was made. Whilst these may differ from today's attitudes, this image is an important historical document.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Ormond, Richard, Early Victorian Portraits, 1973, p. 133
- Rogers, Malcolm, Master Drawings from the National Portrait Gallery, 1993 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 5 August to 23 October 1994), p. 99
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 170
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Alfred Chalon at the Opera (25 May 2010 - 13 February 2011)
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1823back to top
Current affairs
Gaols Act is passed to build new prisons, raise standards in old ones and institute regular inspections. It is prompted by the vigorous campaigning of reformers such as Elizabeth Fry, leader of the Ladies Association for the Improvement of Female Prisoners in Newgate Prison.Anti-Slavery Committee is founded in London.
Art and science
Architect, Robert Smirke begins construction of the British Museum.Thomas Wakley founds The Lancet, the first weekly medical journal and important mouthpiece of medical reform.
Charles Babbage begins work on the first calculating machine.
Charles Macintosh invents waterproof fabric.
International
Catholic Association is founded by Daniel O'Connell in Ireland in an attempt to mobilise and politicise the entire Irish Catholic population in a systematic challenge to the ruling Protestant ascendancy.War breaks out between France and Spain.
English missionary John Smith died in prison having been sentenced to be hanged for failing to take up arms against slaves in Demerara.
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