
Sujet
'The Death of Chatterton', 1856 (1900). Artist: Unknown
Légende
'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.
The Print Collector collection
Date
1900
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM19C50_174
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,0Mo (3,5Mo) / 44,1cm x 28,4cm / 5203 x 3356 (300dpi)