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Chambers Hall

Also known as: Chambers Hall; primary name: Hall, Chambers
Details: individual; collector; painter/draughtsman; British; Male
Life dates: 1786-1855
Address: Both 15 and 16 Bury St, St James's (information from documentation in the Department of Medieval and Modern Europe). Elmfield Lodge, Southampton
Biography: Prints and drawings collector, amateur artist. Presented shortly before his death a group of important works to P&D including superb watercolours by Thomas Girtin (q.v.) (see 1855,0214.1 to 95), as well as various antiquities; and a much larger group of prints and drawings to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. A posthumous sale was held at Christie's on 14 March 1856.
Bibliography: DNB; Lugt 551 K. Garlick, 'The Chambers Hall Gift', Apollo CXVII, April 1983, 296-301.

250 related objects

alabastron

Museum number: 1855,0306.13 |
Cultures/periods: x109520 Apulian (Greek) |
Production date: 350BC-300BC |
Production place: Made in:Puglia

bowl

Museum number: 1855,0306.16 |
Producer name: BIOG58782 Attributed to:Hesse Group |
Cultures/periods: x13873 Etruscan |
Production date: 300BC-280BC |
Production place: Made in:Etruria (historic - Italy)

coin

Museum number: 1851,0516.1 |
Authority: BIOG9832 Ruler:Fath 'Ali Shah |
Cultures/periods: x23229 Qajar dynasty |
Production date: 1829 |
Production place: Minted in:Tabriz

cup

Museum number: 1848,1102.1 |
Cultures/periods: x13945 Hellenistic |
Production date: 323BC-31BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Italy

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.39 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1802

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.45 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1801

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.40 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1802

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.37 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1802

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.59 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1800-1801

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.61 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1796-1797

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.7 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1800

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.51 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1802

drawing

Museum number: 1851,0811.1 |
Producer name: BIOG48175 Drawn by:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1645-1650

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0512.312 |
Producer name: BIOG48593 After:Titian |
Production date: 1492-1576

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.31 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1796-1797

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.17 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1775-1802

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.56 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1802

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.49 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1800

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.13 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1799

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.47 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1801

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.5 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1801

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.22 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1800

drawing

Museum number: 1851,0614.23 |
Producer name: BIOG44408 Drawn by:Thomas Rowlandson |
Production date: 1757-1827

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.20 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1800

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.4 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1799-1800

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.35 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1802

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.50 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1802

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.52 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1798

drawing

Museum number: 1851,0614.22 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Charles GrignionFormerly attributed to:Thomas Gainsborough |
Production date: 1721-1810

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.10 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1800

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.16 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1798

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.15 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1799-1800

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.63 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1798

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.2 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1798

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1855,0214.30 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1797

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1855,0214.57 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1798-1799

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1855,0214.14 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1775-1802

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1855,0214.54 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1797

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.26 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1800-1801

drawing

Museum number: 2014,7041.1 |
Producer name: BIOG22456 Attributed to:Chambers Hall |
Production date: 1828

drawing

Museum number: 1851,0614.21 |
Producer name: BIOG49521 Drawn by:Adriaen van de Velde |
Production date: 1650-1672

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.23 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1800-1801

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.19 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1801

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.12 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1798

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.58 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1800

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.18 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1799

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.21 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1796-1797

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.66 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1797

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.64 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1800-1801

drawing

Museum number: 1851,0614.19 |
Producer name: BIOG49723 Drawn by:Alfred Gomersal Vickers |
Production date: 1810-1837

drawing

Museum number: 1849,0609.75 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1802

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.32 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1800-1801

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.42 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1802

drawing

Museum number: 1852,1009.1527 |
Producer name: BIOG44442 Circle/School of:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1592-1640

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.55 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1797

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.6 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1802

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.33 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1800-1801

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.44 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1802

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.62 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1800

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.34 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1802

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.43 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1802

drawing

Museum number: 1851,0614.20 |
Producer name: BIOG49723 Drawn by:Alfred Gomersal Vickers |
Production date: 1810-1837

drawing

Museum number: 1850,0513.10 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1798-1802

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.36 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1802

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.9 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1775-1802

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.48 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1801

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.38 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1802

drawing

Museum number: 1852,0612.199 |
Producer name: BIOG33246 Drawn by:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1608-1678

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.29 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Thomas GirtinAfter:Jean Baptiste Lallemand |
Production date: 1801-1802

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.41 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1802

drawing

Museum number: 1851,0104.41 |
Producer name: BIOG20079 Drawn by:Jean Jacques de Boissieu |
Production date: 1759-1810

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.8 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1799-1800

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.60 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1796-1797

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.67 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1802

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.53 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1800

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.65 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1801

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.46 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1801

drawing

Museum number: 1852,1009.1528 |
Producer name: BIOG44442 Circle/School of:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1592-1640

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1855,0214.3 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1802

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1855,0214.11 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1796

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.1 |
Producer name: BIOG43118 Drawn by:Raphael |
Production date: 1506

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.27 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1800-1801

drawing

Museum number: 1851,0412.52 |
Producer name: BIOG52233 Drawn by:Peter De Wint |
Production date: 1784-1849

drawing

Museum number: 2013,7037.5 |
Producer name: BIOG22456 Attributed to:Chambers Hall |
Production date: 1786-1855

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.28 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1797-1798

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.25 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1800-1801

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0214.24 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1800-1801

drawing

Museum number: 1851,0412.51 |
Producer name: BIOG52233 Drawn by:Peter De Wint |
Production date: 1784-1849

figure

Museum number: 1851,0718.1 |
Cultures/periods: x13945 Hellenistic |
Production date: 3rdC BC

figure

Museum number: 1855,0306.8 |
Cultures/periods: x14451 Roman Imperial |
Production date: 1stC BC-1stC

figure

Museum number: 1855,0306.9 |
Cultures/periods: x14683 Western Greek |
Production date: 3rdC BC-2ndC BC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

figure

Museum number: 1855,0306.5 |
Cultures/periods: x109520 Apulian (Greek) |
Production date: 200BC-100BC |
Production place: Made in:Puglia |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Italy

figure

Museum number: 1853,1129.1

figure

Museum number: 1855,0306.6 |
Cultures/periods: x14683 Western Greek |
Production date: 3rdC BC-2ndC BC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

figure

Museum number: 1852,0217.4

figure

Museum number: 1855,0306.4 |
Cultures/periods: x14683 Western Greek |
Production date: 3rdC BC-2ndC BC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

figure

Museum number: 1855,0306.10 |
Cultures/periods: x13770 Corinthian |
Production date: 380BC |
Production place: Made in:Corinth |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Italy

figure

Museum number: 1855,0306.7 |
Cultures/periods: x14683 Western Greek |
Production date: 3rdC BC-2ndC BC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

figure

Museum number: 1851,0718.2 |
Cultures/periods: x14683 Western Greek |
Production date: 3rdC BC-2ndC BC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

lamp; forgery

Museum number: 1852,0217.3 |
Production date: 19thC AD