DOI Heft:
No. 331 (October 1920)
DOI Artikel:Orange, James: The life and work of George Chinnery, R. H. A. in China
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21401#0105
GEORGE CHINNERY, R.H.A.
"EAST INDIA COMPANY AGENT'S
RESIDENCE AT MACAO." FROM
A PENCIL-DRAWING BY GEORGE
CHINNERY
the head. One of the best examples is
an oil painting in the possession of Mr.
G. T. Veitch. So far as the writer can
recall, he did not do any pictures or
sketches of rough sea or stormy weather;
evidently he loved peace in nature as well
as in mind. a a 0 a a
The colours and materials used by the
artist were ground and mixed in his own
studio, and fortunately have stood the test
of time ; the blues and reds are durable
and especially good. He did not sign any
pictures, but many of his sketches, pen and
ink'and pencil, are initialled and dated,
with notes added in a shorthand writing.
Most principals of firms in China during
1825-1852 obtained from him portraits
of themselves and friends and pictures
of Chinese life ; most of these are now
in Europe or America, and very few
are to be found in China. It was a fashion
thirty or forty years ago among old firms to
possess a Chinnery, like a piece of plate or
old furniture. 0000
The list of Chinnery's works in the
90
" Dictionary of Irish Artists " is far from
complete. Sir Robert Buchanan Jardine,
Bart., has about forty pictures, princi-
pally oils, portraits and scenes of India
and China, including an admirable por-
trait of Mr. William Jardine, founder of
the China firm of Jardine, Matheson &
Co. and A View of Macao, a picture of
strong contrasts and particularly worthy of
attention. 0000a
Major Henry Keswick has eighteen
Chinese pictures, besides Indian scenes
and an interesting volume of sketches by
Chinnery. Some of the pictures were
loaned by his father, Mr. William Keswick,
to an exhibition held in Hong Kong in 1867.
Mr. J. J. Keswick, Mrs. Morris, Messrs.
John Bell Irving and John Johnstone
(all connected with the firm of Jardine,
Matheson & Co.) possess several fine ex-
amples of the painter's art. 0 0
Miss M. B. Maguire, of Dublin, has a
large collection, and has acquired a mass of
information with a view to publishing a
book on the life and work of her relative.
"EAST INDIA COMPANY AGENT'S
RESIDENCE AT MACAO." FROM
A PENCIL-DRAWING BY GEORGE
CHINNERY
the head. One of the best examples is
an oil painting in the possession of Mr.
G. T. Veitch. So far as the writer can
recall, he did not do any pictures or
sketches of rough sea or stormy weather;
evidently he loved peace in nature as well
as in mind. a a 0 a a
The colours and materials used by the
artist were ground and mixed in his own
studio, and fortunately have stood the test
of time ; the blues and reds are durable
and especially good. He did not sign any
pictures, but many of his sketches, pen and
ink'and pencil, are initialled and dated,
with notes added in a shorthand writing.
Most principals of firms in China during
1825-1852 obtained from him portraits
of themselves and friends and pictures
of Chinese life ; most of these are now
in Europe or America, and very few
are to be found in China. It was a fashion
thirty or forty years ago among old firms to
possess a Chinnery, like a piece of plate or
old furniture. 0000
The list of Chinnery's works in the
90
" Dictionary of Irish Artists " is far from
complete. Sir Robert Buchanan Jardine,
Bart., has about forty pictures, princi-
pally oils, portraits and scenes of India
and China, including an admirable por-
trait of Mr. William Jardine, founder of
the China firm of Jardine, Matheson &
Co. and A View of Macao, a picture of
strong contrasts and particularly worthy of
attention. 0000a
Major Henry Keswick has eighteen
Chinese pictures, besides Indian scenes
and an interesting volume of sketches by
Chinnery. Some of the pictures were
loaned by his father, Mr. William Keswick,
to an exhibition held in Hong Kong in 1867.
Mr. J. J. Keswick, Mrs. Morris, Messrs.
John Bell Irving and John Johnstone
(all connected with the firm of Jardine,
Matheson & Co.) possess several fine ex-
amples of the painter's art. 0 0
Miss M. B. Maguire, of Dublin, has a
large collection, and has acquired a mass of
information with a view to publishing a
book on the life and work of her relative.