Art Resource - AR974837

'The Death of Chatterton', 1856 (1900).

'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.

Unique Identifier AR974837

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 5203px × 3356px

Photo Credit HIP / Art Resource, NY

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