Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.- Chalon (Alfred Edward, Swiss portrait painter, 1780-1860) Portrait of a young lady, watercolour and pencil on wove paper, with detached autograph inscription that reads ' Jeune Allemande à Woolwich/ Institute chez le Col. Jones./ 1827.', the portrait approx. 174 x 145 mm. (6 7/8 x 5 3/4 in), the drawing with light crease and surface dirt, both mounted together, unframed, 1827. ⁂ It is likely that the young German lady depicted who caught Chalon's attention was a guest of Colonel John T. Jones, the author of the 1827 'Journals of Seiges carried on by the army under the Duke of Wellington in Spain between the years 1811 and 1814'.
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.- Chalon (Alfred Edward, Swiss portrait painter, 1780-1860) Portrait of a young lady, watercolour and pencil on wove paper, with detached autograph inscription that reads ' Jeune Allemande à Woolwich/ Institute chez le Col. Jones./ 1827.', the portrait approx. 174 x 145 mm. (6 7/8 x 5 3/4 in), the drawing with light crease and surface dirt, both mounted together, unframed, 1827. ⁂ It is likely that the young German lady depicted who caught Chalon's attention was a guest of Colonel John T. Jones, the author of the 1827 'Journals of Seiges carried on by the army under the Duke of Wellington in Spain between the years 1811 and 1814'.
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