CHATHAM bound by maidens, who have taken his darts and broken his bow ; three male fig- ures looking on ; in background, two other groups of maidens, in one of which Cupid is being captured and in the other led away with his arms pinioned. Nat. Gal. Cat. ; ! Richter, 49. CHATHAM, DEATH OF, John Single- ton Copley, National Gallery, London ; can- vas, H. 7 ft. G in. X 10 ft. 1 in. Scene in old House of Lords, April 7, 1778. Earl of Chatham fainting in making an effort to re- CHAUVIN, AUGUST, born at Lioge in 1810. History painter, pupil of Dilsseldorf Academy under. Schadow ; was for several years drawing-master to the Prince of Neu- wied, returned to Diisseldorf in 1841, after- ward went to Liege as professor at the acad- emy of which he is now director. Works : Departure of Tobias ; Prayer of Moses ; Flight into Egypt (1850); Hagar in the Desert ; Adoration of the Magi ; Conversion of Saul ; Banquet of Pepinof Heristal, Lioge Museum. Miiller, 102. Death of Chatham, John Singleton Copley, National Gallery, London. ply to Duke of Richmond's speech on a mo- tion respecting an address to the king, inti- mating the necessity of acknowledging the independence of the United States. The Earl was carried home, and died May 11. The fifty-five heads are all portraits peers in state robes. Duke of Richmond promi- nent figure to right. Painted in 1777-80 ; presented in 1828 by Earl of Liverpool. Two studies in monochrome in National Gallery. Engraved by F. Bartolozzi ; and in small in Jones's National Gallery. Cat Nat. Gal. CHAVET, VICTOR, born at Aix (Bou- ches-du-Rhone), July 21, 1822. Genre painter, pupil of P. Revoil and C. Roque- plan. Medals : 3d class, 1853 ; 2d class, 1855 and 1857 ; L. of Honour, 1859. Works : Singing Lesson (1847) ; Charles VH. and Agnes Sorel at the Astrologer's, Coming ! out of Bath, Pleasant Idleness (1848); Van Dyck and his Mistress (1851); Young La- j dies looking at a Jewel (1852) ; Concert '(1853); Honeymoon (1855); Playing Domi- I noes (1857) ; The Amateur (1859), W. T. 277
