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Possibly Emma Romer
12 of 12 portraits matching these criteria:
- set matching 'Opera singers and others: by Alfred Edward Chalon'
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Regency Portraits Catalogue
Possibly Emma Romer
by Alfred Edward Chalon
circa 1836
8 1/8 in. x 6 in. (208 mm x 151 mm)
NPG 1962(h)
Inscriptionback to top
Inscribed on mount: It has been suggested that this is possibly Emma Romer (Mrs Almond) 1814-1868.
This portraitback to top
The Chalon brothers painted a wide variety of subjects, mainly in watercolour. Alfred Chalon became a fashionable portraitist, painting, among others, a very successful head of Princess Charlotte and one of the first portraits of Queen Victoria after her accession. Theatrical caricatures were an unusual genre for him though the V&A Museum has a sizeable collection of them.
Physical descriptionback to top
Three-quarter-length with dark hair and eyes, holding a posy, the hair-style suggesting a date in the mid- 1830s.
Provenanceback to top
Probably Chalon sale, Christie's 13 March 1861 (390), as 'Theatrical Reminiscences. Vol. i: a scrapbook containing admirable caricatures of celebrated singers and dancers'; Mrs Florence A. Blake and bought from her 1922.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Walker, Regency Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, 1985, 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.