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 CHALON was appointed portrait painter in water-col- ours to her Majesty. He also painted fine subject-pieces in oil, and had such imitative ability that some of his works have been attributed to Watteau and Rubens. Works: Hunt the Slipper (1831); Morning Walk, Samson and Delilah (1837) ; Serena (1847); John Knox reproving Ladies of Queen Mary's Court (1844) ; Seasons (1851) ; So- phia Western (1857). Redgrave ; Art Jour- nal (1862), 9; Ch. Blanc, ficole anglaise ; Sandby, i. 358. CHALON, JOHN JAMES, born in Geneva, March 27, 1778, died in London, Nov. 14, 1854. El- der brother of Alfred Ed- ward ; student at Royal Academy in 1796 ; became A.RA. in 1827, and R.A. in 1841. First exhibited works in oil, chiefly landscapes and genre subjects, but af- terward took also a distin- guished position as a water- colour painter. Works : Napoleon on Board the Bel- lerophon, Greenwich Hos- pital ; View of Hastings, S. Kensington Museum. Redgrave ; Chesne (1628), whose daughter he married. Painted many pictures for churches and palaces. He was received in 1648 into first Academy of Painting as professor, and after- wards made director. Works : Christ in House of Simon, Last Supper, two scenes from legend of SS. Gervasius and Protasius, portraits of Louis XIII., of Robert Arnaud d'Audilly, of Cardinal Richelieu, of the archi- tects Mansard and Perrault, of himself, and Ch. Blanc, I5cole anglaise ; Sandby, ii. 167. CHAMPAIGNE, (Champagne), PHI- LIPPE DE, born in Brussels, May 26, 1602, died in Paris, Aug. 12, 1674. Flemish school ; his- tory and portrait painter, pupil of Bouillon, Michel Bordeaux, two ob- scure artists, and of Fouquierea Went to Paris in 1621, and worked under Du Chesne on the decorations for the Luxem- bourg. Returned to Brussels in 1627, but was recalled to Paris after death of Du Chaldean Sages, Giorgione, Vienna Museum. others, Louvre ; Finding of Relics of St. Ger- vasius, Lyons Museum ; ten scenes from le- gend of St. Benedict, and others, Brussels Museum ; portrait, Hague Museum ; do., Rotterdam Museum ; Adam and Eve lament- ing Abel, Vienna Museum ; Moses with Ta- bles of the Law, Hermitage, St. Petersburg ; three portraits of Richelieu on one canvas, PH/ CHAMP/IGNE.P. National Gallery, London. His nephew, Jean Baptiste Champaigne (1645-1693), who 2(17