Alfred Edward Chalon RA, Portrait Of A Lady

Alfred Edward Chalon RA, Portrait Of A LadyThis charming mid 19th century watercolour by British artist Alfred Edward Chalon RA (1780 1860) depicts a beautiful young lady wearing a light blue dress with leg of mutton sleeves. In the 1830s, fashions were influenced by the exuberance of the Romantic period. Hair was often styled into coils, dresses were voluminous and sleeves were particularly puffed. At the start of the decade, sleeves tended to emphasise the shoulder, while by the end of the

Could it be a keepsake from a relative killed during the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)

Recently cleaned

which was again associated with the big names in Danish art

Stamped and framed

” [Hideyo Noguchi]

This beautiful late 18th-century portrait depicts a young lady holding forget-me-nots

or the valley amplified

For inspiration

De Schampheleer enjoyed working directly from nature and for a time associated with the French ‘Barbizon School’ painters

Signed lower right and held within a 19th-century gilt Rococo revival frame

particularly in the handling of the hair and skin

perhaps inscribed ‘Kiel’