bound by maidens, who have taken his darts and broken his bow; three male figures 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.
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Death of Chatham, John Singleton Copley, National Gallery, London.
CHATHAM, DEATH OF, John Singleton Copley, National Gallery, London; canvas, H. 7 ft. 6 in. × 10 ft. 1 in. Scene in old House of Lords, April 7, 1778. Earl of Chatham fainting in making an effort to reply to Duke of Richmond's speech on a motion respecting an address to the king, intimating 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 prominent 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.
CHAUVIN, AUGUST, born at Liège in
1810. History painter, pupil of Düsseldorf
Academy under Schadow; was for several
years drawing-master to the Prince of Neuwied,
returned to Düsseldorf in 1841, afterward
went to Liège as professor at the academy
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 Pepin of Héristal, Liège
Museum.—Müller, 102.
CHAVET, VICTOR, born at Aix (Bouches-du-Rhone),
July 21, 1822. Genre
painter, pupil of P. Révoil and C. Roqueplan.
Medals: 3d class, 1853; 2d class,
1855 and 1857; L. of Honour, 1859. Works:
Singing Lesson (1847); Charles VII. and
Agnes Sorel at the Astrologer's, Coming
out of Bath, Pleasant Idleness (1848); Van
Dyck and his Mistress (1851); Young Ladies
looking at a Jewel (1852); Concert
(1853); Honeymoon (1855); Playing Dominoes
(1857); The Amateur (1859), W. T.
