DOI issue:
No. 331 (October 1920)
DOI article:Orange, James: The life and work of George Chinnery, R. H. A. in China
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21401#0098
portrait of george chinnery
from a crayon drawing
by himself
THE LIFE AND WORK OF GEORGE
CHINNERY, R.H.A., IN CHINA. BY
JAMES ORANGE. 0000
TN Mr. W. G. Strickland's " Dictionary of
1 Irish Artists " an account is given of
the life and work of George Chinnery, but
it contains little detail of the China period.
The artist's gouache work has been dealt
with recently in an excellent article by Mr.
R. R. M. See containing some fine repro-
ductions. It is with the Chinese period
that the present article is concerned. 0
George Chinnery was born in London on
January 5th, 1774; began to exhibit at
LXXX. No. 331—October 1920
the Royal Academy in 1791; practised
in Dublin from 1797 to 1802 (married in
1799) ; and proceeded to Madras in 1802.
Leaving Madras in 1807 he went to Cal-
cutta, where he remained until 1825, when
he sailed for China. Soon after his arrival
in Macao his wife threatened to join him,
so he removed to Canton, for, as he re-
marked, " Now I am all right. What a
kind providence is this Chinese government
that it forbids the softer sex from coming
and bothering us here! " After about
two years in Canton he resumed residence
in Macao, living in the same house until
he died on May 30th, 1852. 0 <*
83
from a crayon drawing
by himself
THE LIFE AND WORK OF GEORGE
CHINNERY, R.H.A., IN CHINA. BY
JAMES ORANGE. 0000
TN Mr. W. G. Strickland's " Dictionary of
1 Irish Artists " an account is given of
the life and work of George Chinnery, but
it contains little detail of the China period.
The artist's gouache work has been dealt
with recently in an excellent article by Mr.
R. R. M. See containing some fine repro-
ductions. It is with the Chinese period
that the present article is concerned. 0
George Chinnery was born in London on
January 5th, 1774; began to exhibit at
LXXX. No. 331—October 1920
the Royal Academy in 1791; practised
in Dublin from 1797 to 1802 (married in
1799) ; and proceeded to Madras in 1802.
Leaving Madras in 1807 he went to Cal-
cutta, where he remained until 1825, when
he sailed for China. Soon after his arrival
in Macao his wife threatened to join him,
so he removed to Canton, for, as he re-
marked, " Now I am all right. What a
kind providence is this Chinese government
that it forbids the softer sex from coming
and bothering us here! " After about
two years in Canton he resumed residence
in Macao, living in the same house until
he died on May 30th, 1852. 0 <*
83