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Autograph Letter Signed ‘A.E.Chalon’, adding his name to the list of his correspondent’s friends. A good one page example, 7 x 4 inches, embossed monogram AEC, with a separate portrait illustration. Athenaeum, undated. Alfred Edward Chalon (1780-1860), portrait and subject painter. His work became fashionable, especially in court circles, and he was appointed painter in watercolour to Queen Victoria. Chalon painted the Queen in her robes of state at her accession. The portrait was copied by Edward Henry Corbould and from this the head and shoulders were engraved by William Humphrys, and were featured on many British colonial postage stamps.