Although there are no known authentic paintings or engravings of Chatterton, we do have a handy description of him. It was written by William Seward on to the end papers of an edition of Gregory's The Life of Chatterton (1789).  The book was bought at auction by  J. T. Rutt and published by him in a letter to The Monthly Repository for 1809, it then went missing until rediscovered at another auction in 2018.

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We also have a couple of descriptions by his sister Mary Newton; one of which she related to W. H.Ireland and the other by letter to Sir Herbert Croft, both are a joy. 

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• William Seward's original manuscript, along with Mary's two descriptions  :  View

• Word Portraits of Famous Writers.  Edited by Mabel E. Wotton, 1887 : View

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The question is, do any of the descriptions point to an image that matches the description?

Putting a face to a name makes Chatterton less abstract, for this reason I go with the standard image used since 1837, even though it was proven to be a forgery, perpetrated by Dix himself.  This is Chatterton's Shakespeare bust. It has also been chosen because it "Persists as a Popular Representation of the Poet."  The words in 'hooks' are the words of Mr Hake, a past Keeper of the National Portrait Gallery.

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If you choose to investigate this subject do keep us informed of your discoveries!