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The operatic soprano Giuseppina Ronzi (known as 'Claudine') was born in Milan and married the Italian bass Guiseppe de Begnis in 1816. The couple met in Bologna where they were both performing in Paer's opera Agnese. They came to London in 1821 and made their debut in Rossini's Turco in Italia at the Italian Opera at the King's Theatre.

The artist Alfred Chalon was also from the continent. He moved with his family from Switzerland to England in 1789 and enrolled in the Royal Academy Schools in 1797. An accomplished watercolourist, he had a great interest in the theatre, opera and ballet. In this portrait, he has depicted Claudine in oriental costume as Fatima in Rossini's opera 'Pietro L'Eremita' of 1823.