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Théobald Chartran

Théobald Chartran was a classical French propaganda painter.

As "T", he was one of the artists responsible for occasional caricatures of Vanity Fair magazine, specializing in French and Italian subjects. His work for Vanity Fair included Pope Leo XIII, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Umberto I of Italy, William Henry Waddington, all in 1878, Charles Gounod, Giuseppe Verdi, Ernest Renan, Jules Grévy, Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte, Victor Hugo, Marshal MacMahon, Granier de Cassagnac, Louis Blanc, and Alexandre Dumas fils, all in 1879.

President Theodore Roosevelt's official portrait was originally commissioned to Théobald Chartran in 1902, but when Roosevelt saw the final product he hated it and hid it in the darkest corner of the White House. When family members called it the "Mewing Cat" for making him look so harmless, he had it destroyed and hired John Singer Sargent to paint a more masculine portrait.

Among Chartran's work is his portrait of René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laennec, the inventor of the stethoscope.

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Esquisse pour l’escalier de la Sorbonne ; Louis IX à l’abbaye de Royaumont

Esquisse pour l’escalier de la Sorbonne ; Louis IX à l’abbaye de Royaumont (1888)

Théobald Chartran (French, 1849-1907)
Portrait de François-Joseph-Philoclès Régnier

Portrait de François-Joseph-Philoclès Régnier (1885)

Théobald Chartran (French, 1849-1907)
Politicians – Vanity Fair. ‘Promotion by marriage’. The Rt. Hon. Sir Augustus Berkley Paget. 26 June 1880

Politicians – Vanity Fair. ‘Promotion by marriage’. The Rt. Hon. Sir Augustus Berkley Paget. 26 June 1880 (1880)

Théobald Chartran (French, 1849-1907)
Portrait de Charles Le Bargy, sociétaire de la Comédie-Française, en costume de scène

Portrait de Charles Le Bargy, sociétaire de la Comédie-Française, en costume de scène (1887)

Théobald Chartran (French, 1849-1907)
Politicians – Vanity Fair. ‘the Foreign Office’. Sir Julian Pauncefote. 7 April 1883

Politicians – Vanity Fair. ‘the Foreign Office’. Sir Julian Pauncefote. 7 April 1883 (1883)

Théobald Chartran (French, 1849-1907)
Priam demandant à Achille le corps d’Hector

Priam demandant à Achille le corps d’Hector (1876)

Théobald Chartran (French, 1849-1907)
Portrait de Marie Favart (1833-1908), sociétaire de la Comédie-Française

Portrait de Marie Favart (1833-1908), sociétaire de la Comédie-Française (1884)

Théobald Chartran (French, 1849-1907)
Portrait d’Henri Maubant (1821-1902), sociétaire de la Comédie-Française

Portrait d’Henri Maubant (1821-1902), sociétaire de la Comédie-Française (1885)

Théobald Chartran (French, 1849-1907)
Politicians – Vanity Fair – ‘the City’. Alderman Robert Nicholas Fowler. June 25, 1881

Politicians – Vanity Fair – ‘the City’. Alderman Robert Nicholas Fowler. June 25, 1881 (1881)

Théobald Chartran (French, 1849-1907)
Politicians – Vanity Fair – ‘B’. The Marquis of Blandford. June 18, 1881

Politicians – Vanity Fair – ‘B’. The Marquis of Blandford. June 18, 1881 (1881)

Théobald Chartran (French, 1849-1907)
Portrait de Réjane (1856-1920) en costume de scène.

Portrait de Réjane (1856-1920) en costume de scène. (1888)

Théobald Chartran (French, 1849-1907)
Vanity Fair; Military and Navy; ‘A Crimean Hero’, Major-General Edwyn Sherard Burnaby, March 10, 1883

Vanity Fair; Military and Navy; ‘A Crimean Hero’, Major-General Edwyn Sherard Burnaby, March 10, 1883 (1883)

Théobald Chartran (French, 1849-1907)
Portrait de Frédéric Fèbvre (1835-1916), sociétaire de la Comédie-Française

Portrait de Frédéric Fèbvre (1835-1916), sociétaire de la Comédie-Française (1885)

Théobald Chartran (French, 1849-1907)
Vanity Fair; Military and Navy; ‘La Revanche’, General Georges Boulanger, March 12, 1887

Vanity Fair; Military and Navy; ‘La Revanche’, General Georges Boulanger, March 12, 1887 (1887)

Théobald Chartran (French, 1849-1907)
Vanity Fair; Literary; ‘French Realism’, Emile Zola, January 24, 1880

Vanity Fair; Literary; ‘French Realism’, Emile Zola, January 24, 1880 (1880)

Théobald Chartran (French, 1849-1907)
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