Chatterton.jpg
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Summary
Henry Wallis
:
Chatterton (The Death of Chatterton)
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q977276
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Title |
The Death of Chatterton
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Object type |
painting
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Description |
NB THIS IS THE BIRMINGHAM VERSION
The Death of Chatterton
is an
oil painting
on canvas by the English painter
Henry Wallis
, the prime version now in
Tate Britain
. This painting measures 622 x 933 mm,
[1]
but there are two smaller versions by Wallis, one either a study or a replica in the
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
, which measures 173 × 252.5 mm and, somewhat unusually for the period, is in oil on
panel
, and a replica at Yale.
[2]
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Depicted people |
Thomas Chatterton
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Date |
1856
date QS:P571,+1856-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium |
oil
on
panel
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259
(mahogany panel)
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Dimensions |
height: 173 mm (6.81 in); width: 252.50 mm (9.94 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,173U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,252.5U174789
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q1799857
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Accession number |
1918P43
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Notes | part of The Death of Chatterton series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery |
Reference
- ↑ Tate Gallery, page on the painting , more
- ↑ Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery page
www.bmagic.org.uk (Engl.)
Licensing
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