Chatterton (The Death of Chatterton), 1856. Creator: Henry Wallis.

Chatterton (The Death of Chatterton), 1856. Creator: Henry Wallis.

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Chatterton (The Death of Chatterton), 1856. Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770) was an unsuccessful poet whose suicide became a symbol of blighted artistic genius. Wallis used his friend George Meredith (1828-1909), also a struggling writer, as the model.


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People Information

Creator
  1. Henry Wallis: Artist, painter, writer
Subject
  1. Thomas Chatterton: British; English: Poet, forger of pseudo-medieval poetry
  2. George Meredith: British: Author, poet

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4960x3380
File Size : 49,116kb


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  1. 1918P43
  1. 3472
  1. 0970000034
  1. 1918P43
  1. 2-799-475
  1. 2799475

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