Who painted Chatterton?
Henry Wallis
Chatterton/Artists
Who painted the death of Chatterton?
The Death of Chatterton/Artists
The Death of Chatterton is an oil painting on canvas, by the English Pre-Raphaelite painter Henry Wallis, now in Tate Britain, London. Two smaller versions, sketches or replicas, are held by the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and the Yale Center for British Art.
How did Chatterton die?
Suicide
Thomas Chatterton/Cause of death
Chatterton died in a London garret on the night of 24/25 August 1770. The cause of his death was established as arsenic poisoning and the inquest declared he had committed suicide in a fit of madness.
How big is the painting of the death of Chatterton?
Two smaller versions, sketches or replicas, are held by the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and the Yale Center for British Art. The Tate painting measures 62.2 centimetres (24.5 in) by 93.3 centimetres (36.7 in), and was completed in 1856.
When was Thomas Chatterton exhibited at the Royal Academy?
This highly romanticised picture created a sensation when it was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1856. Thomas Chatterton was a poet whose ‘gothic’ writings, melancholy life and youthful suicide fascinated artists and writers of the 19th century.
Why was the death of Chatterton a court case?
Wallis sold the painting to Augustus Egg in 1856, and Egg sold the right to make engraved reproductions. The painting became the subject of a court case after Dublin photographer James Robinson was inspired to recreate the painting as a tableau vivant so he could sell photographs of the scene.
Who was the model for the death of Chatterton?
The model used for the painting was the young George Meredith, a Victorian era English novelist and poet. The painting was Wallis’s first exhibited work.
How big is the painting of Thomas Chatterton?
The Tate painting measures 62.2 centimetres (24.5 in) by 93.3 centimetres (36.7 in), and was completed in 1856. The subject of the painting was the 17-year-old English early Romantic poet Thomas Chatterton, shown dead after he poisoned himself with arsenic in 1770.
Who is the artist of the death of Chatterton?
The Death of Chatterton. The Death of Chatterton is an oil painting on canvas, by the English Pre-Raphaelite painter Henry Wallis, now in Tate Britain, London.
This highly romanticised picture created a sensation when it was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1856. Thomas Chatterton was a poet whose ‘gothic’ writings, melancholy life and youthful suicide fascinated artists and writers of the 19th century.
Wallis sold the painting to Augustus Egg in 1856, and Egg sold the right to make engraved reproductions. The painting became the subject of a court case after Dublin photographer James Robinson was inspired to recreate the painting as a tableau vivant so he could sell photographs of the scene.
