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'The Death of Chatterton', 1856 (1900). Artist: Unknown
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Title:
'The Death of Chatterton', 1856 (1900). Artist: Unknown
Caption:
'The Death of Chatterton', 1856 (1900). This was the first great success of the British Pre-Raphaelite painter Henry Wallis. It was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1856. It depicts Thomas Chatterton, an 18th century poet who committed suicide aged just seventeen and was a romantic hero to struggling young artists in the mid 19th century. The model used for the painting was the novelist and poet George Meredith.
Credit:
Album / The Print Collector / Heritage Images
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Image size:
5203 x 3356 px | 50.0 MB
Print size:
44.1 x 28.4 cm | 17.3 x 11.2 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
18TH CENTURY • 18TH CENTURY, THE • 18TH • 19TH CENTURY • ART • ARTISTIC SCHOOL • ARTS • BED • BEDCHAMBER • BEDROOM • BLACK & WHITE • BLACK AND WHITE • BODY • BODY, THE • BOY • BOYS • BRITAIN • BRITISH • CADAVER • CENTURY • CHATTERTON • CONCEPT • CORPS • CORPSE • COUNTRY • DEAD BODY • DEAD • DEATH • DEATHBED • DESPAIR • DESPERATION • EIGHTEENTH CENTURY • ENGLAND • ENGLISH • GEORGE MEREDITH • GEORGE • GUY • HENRY WALLIS; WALLIS • HENRY • HOPELESSNESS • LITERATURE • LOCATION • MALE • MAN • MEN • MEREDITH • MONOCHROMATIC • MONOCHROME • NINETEENTH CENTURY • PAINTING • PEOPLE • POET • POETRY • PRE-RAPHAELITE • ROOM • SUICIDE • THOMAS CHATTERTON • THOMAS • TRAGEDY • TRAGIC • VICTORIAN ERA • VICTORIAN
