English Artist: Maria Chalon

Miss Isabella Duncanson Noble (1790-1870,
Youngest Sister of Lt. Col. James Noble),
Wearing a Tartan Shawl, a Large Gold Brooch
and a Pearl Ferronnière

English
dated 1838
by Maria Chalon (1800-1867)
(inscribed on backing paper to the reverse, "Portrait of /
Miss Noble / painted by / Maria Chalon / Septr. 1838")

watercolor on ivory; housed in a gilt copper pendant frame

A view of the portrait outside its case, allowing its colors and
brush strokes to be seen more clearly without the distortion or
reflection that is often caused by the glass lens of a miniature's case
(Click + symbol above for an enlarged view)

About the Artist: Maria Chalon was born in London; daughter of the esteemed animal painter Henry Barnard Chalon. Considered one of the most talented and successful female British miniaturists of the early nineteenth century. In 1841, she married Henry Moseley, himself also a painter and engraver. Between 1819 and 1866, she exhibited no less than 149 works at the Royal Academy of Arts. Also exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists (1834), the Suffolk Street Gallery, the British Institution (1863), and the Society of Women Artists (1857-1862). Listed by Benezit, Blättel (pages 212, 213, 654, 655), Foskett (page 603 - listed under the name Mrs. Henry Moseley) and Schidlof (page 137).

Other portraits in the Tormey-Holder Collection by Maria Chalon
(click photo for larger view and additional information):

Lieut. Col. James Noble (1788-1837) of the
29th Regiment of Native Infantry on the Madras Establishment
at the East Indies Company of Masulipatnam British India