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Giulia (Julia, Julie) Grisi (1811-1869), Italian soprano opera singer who performed in Europe and the United States. Portrayed as Desdemona in Rossini's Otello playing the harp

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; sheet 313 x 23.2 cm

Giulia Grisi. Coloured lithograph by R.J. Lane after A.E. Chalon, 1836.

1 print : engraving ; platemark 23 x 15.2 cm

A young woman in her wedding dress holding flowers. Engraving by J. Cochran after A.E. Chalon.

Head facing to the right. Portrait in rectangle with crown above. Rays emanating from him, suggesting the king as the sun

1 print : stipple ; platemark 24.3 x 20 cm

King George III. Stipple engraving by S. Freeman after A. Chalon, 1814.

Princess Charlotte Augusta, whole length, standing on terrace looking to right, with roses in hair, wearing a striped dress with a silk dupatta. Castle visible in right background (Windsor?)

1 print : stipple, with etching ; platemark 43 x 30.7 cm

Princess Charlotte Augusta. Stipple engraving by H. Meyer, 1816, after A.E. Chalon.

1 painting : watercolour on ivory ; ivory 16.2 x 22.3 cm

A woman telling a man's fortune. Watercolour by A. E. Chalon.

Three quarter length seated looking to right, wearing a flamboyant hat with three feathers and ermine-lined robes

1 print : stipple engraving, with etching ; image and border 13 x 10.4 cm

Princess Charlotte Augusta. Stipple engraving after A.E. Chalon.

A woman having her palm read by a fortune-teller. Engraving after A.E. Chalon.

The British Institution for Promoting the Fine Arts in the United Kingdom, shortly after its opening in 1806 at 52 Pall Mall, on the north side of Pall Mall in the former premises of the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery. "Students at the British Institution; a room in Pall Mall, with artists copying from an exhibition of pictures by old masters, the artists include from left to right, Dighton, unknown, Sass, Mrs Green, Linnell, Mulready, unknown, Gent, Irvin, Ramsey Richard Reinagle, G. Dane, Alfred Edward Chalon, Miss Dane, M. Sharp, Lewis, Samuel, Medland, Miss Pyne and unknown, the porter climbing stairs"-- British Museum online catalogue

1 print : process print ; image 16.5 x 26.5 cm

Artists painting in an exhibition of paintings at the British Institution. Process print after A.E. Chalon.

1 print : etching ; platemark 10.6 x 8.4 cm

A lavishly dressed lady accompanied by her black servant is having her fortune told by a seated old man wearing a black cloak. Etching by C. Heath, 1830, after A.E. Chalon.

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Giulia Grisi. Coloured lithograph by R.J. Lane after A.E. Chalon, 1836.

A young woman in her wedding dress holding flowers. Engraving by J. Cochran after A.E. Chalon.

King George III. Stipple engraving by S. Freeman after A. Chalon, 1814.

Princess Charlotte Augusta. Stipple engraving by H. Meyer, 1816, after A.E. Chalon.

A woman telling a man's fortune. Watercolour by A. E. Chalon.

Princess Charlotte Augusta. Stipple engraving after A.E. Chalon.

A woman having her palm read by a fortune-teller. Engraving after A.E. Chalon.

Artists painting in an exhibition of paintings at the British Institution. Process print after A.E. Chalon.

A lavishly dressed lady accompanied by her black servant is having her fortune told by a seated old man wearing a black cloak. Etching by C. Heath, 1830, after A.E. Chalon.

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Giulia Grisi. Coloured lithograph by R.J. Lane after A.E. Chalon, 1836.

A young woman in her wedding dress holding flowers. Engraving by J. Cochran after A.E. Chalon.

King George III. Stipple engraving by S. Freeman after A. Chalon, 1814.

Princess Charlotte Augusta. Stipple engraving by H. Meyer, 1816, after A.E. Chalon.

A woman telling a man's fortune. Watercolour by A. E. Chalon.

Princess Charlotte Augusta. Stipple engraving after A.E. Chalon.

A woman having her palm read by a fortune-teller. Engraving after A.E. Chalon.

Artists painting in an exhibition of paintings at the British Institution. Process print after A.E. Chalon.

A lavishly dressed lady accompanied by her black servant is having her fortune told by a seated old man wearing a black cloak. Etching by C. Heath, 1830, after A.E. Chalon.

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