Panel M62

Although there are no known

Authentic paintings or engravings

We do have a handy description

By William Seward

Does it point to an image

Which Matches the Description?

There are lots of Fanciful Images

I show just six of them in this panel:

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The infamous & Horrible

'Goggle Eyes' Image in the Oval

From The Monthly Visitor in 1797

Is it picking up on the claim that

Chatterton had eyes that blazed?

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The most infamous Image of them all

Red Jacketed Baby Face Chatterton

Used by Dix for his 1837 edition

The Life of Thomas Chatterton

Note the similarities with 'Goggle Eyes'

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Claims and Counter Claims:

 Man Wearing a Voluminous jacket

An Unknown Painting

Let's call it Chatterton

  'Chatterton' at Christie's in 2005

I Choose Red-Jacketed Chatterton

Poor Chatterton is now less Abstract:

This is his '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!