Alfred Edward Chalon (15 February 1780 – 3 October 1860) was a Swiss-born British portraitist. He lived in London where he was noticed by Queen Victoria.

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Family vault of John James Chalon in Highgate Cemetery

Alfred Chalon was born in Geneva from a father who soon was hired as professor at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in England. With his brother

John James Chalon John James Chalon (27 March 1778 – 14 November 1854) was a Swiss painter active in England. He treated a wide range of subjects — landscapes, marine scenes, animal life, and figure-pieces. Life He was born at Geneva, of an old French family ...

(1778–1854), Alfred became an artist. Entered at the

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in 1797, he joined the Associated Artists in Water-Colours, a group of aquarellists. In the Academy, he was elected an associate (ARA) in 1812, then academician (RA) in 1816. Known for his portraits of the good society of London, he was chosen by Queen Victoria to paint a gift to her mother:Negus, Ron (September 2007). "The Queen in close-up", ''

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'' 73-9, page 47. Victoria in her State robes going to the House of Lords for her first official act, the prorogation of the Parliament, on 17 July 1837. After this task, Chalon was entitled Portrait Painter in Water Colour to Her Majesty and gained some celebrity. His 1837 portrait was engraved by

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Chalon head Chalon may refer to: Culture *Chalon people, a Native American tribe of California * Chalon language, an Ohlone language spoken by the Chalon people Places * Chalon, Isère, formerly Châlons, in France's Isère ''département'' * Le Chalon, in t ...

" appeared on some British colonies postage stamps. Bachelors, the Chalon brothers lived together. In 1860, Alfred died at Campden Hill, in

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, London and was buried with his brother in Highgate Cemetery.

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Portraits by Alfred Chalon

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of London. * Portrait of a beautiful Arvanit girl by Alfred Chalon (in the Albanian Wikipedia)
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* , a painting of a scene from the opera La muette de Portici by Daniel Auber, engraved by J. C. Edwards for The Keepsake annual, 1836, with a poetical illustration (Fenella’s Escape) by Letitia Elizabeth Landon. * , engraved by E. J. Portbury for The Cabinet of Modern Art, 1837, with a poetical illustration by Letitia Elizabeth Landon * Portraits in Heath's book of Beauty, 1839, with illustrative verse by Letitia Elizabeth Landon: ** , engraved by

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chalon, Alfred Edward 19th-century British painters British male painters British watercolourists Royal Academicians British portrait painters 1780 births 1860 deaths Burials at Highgate Cemetery 19th-century British male artists

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