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Verdi, Gounod and King Umberto of Italy are among the sitters in prints by Théobald Chartran, the Vanity Fair caricaturist w...

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Verdi, Gounod and King Umberto of Italy are among the sitters in prints by Théobald Chartran, the Vanity Fair caricaturist who signed himself T. A French painter as well as a caricaturist, Chartran (1849–1907) used pose, dress and facial character to make each figure recognisable at a glance. The examples here, dated between 1878 and 1887, also include Patrice de MacMahon, Paul de Cassagnac and Ernest Renan, and their captions tie each sitter to politics, writing, music or monarchy. Comparing the gestures and costumes Chartran chose for each role is part of the pleasure, and the group suits a collection of musical or political portraits.

Verdi, Gounod and King Umberto of Italy are among the sitters in prints by Théobald Chartran, the Vanity Fair caricaturist who signed himself T. A French painter as well as a caricaturist, Chartran (1849–1907) used pose, dress and facial character to make each figure recognisable at a glance. The examples here, dated between 1878 and 1887, also include Patrice de MacMahon, Paul de Cassagnac and Ernest Renan, and their captions tie each sitter to politics, writing, music or monarchy. Comparing the gestures and costumes Chartran chose for each role is part of the pleasure, and the group suits a collection of musical or political portraits.

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