\paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 This is the painting that made Henry Wallis famous. He revealed in this work his ability to combine a manner derived from t
he Pre-Raphaelite movement with the poetics of realism. The painting illustrates the suicide of the young poet Thomas Chatterton, at the young age of eighteen. The painter lingers over every detail, transforming a historical event into a genre scene.
