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#0106
GEORGE CHINNERY, RJU.
"street scene, macao "
pen-drawing'Jby
george chinnery
Mr. R. M. Gray has a portrait of his
uncle, William Forsyth Gray, of Canton
and Macao, painted about 1840, and
there are several portraits in America,
especially of the Low family, including the
picture of Miss Low which is so frequently
mentioned in her journal. 000
The British Museum possesses thirty-six
sheets of mostly pen-and-ink and pencil
sketches and four engravings from two
pictures of Macao, the portrait of Thomas
Colledge and that of Dr. Morrison trans-
lating the Bible into Chinese. 0 0
The Victoria and Albert Museum has
three miniatures and a water-colour A
Coast Scene, signed " Geo. Chinnery,
1801." 000000
The National Portrait Gallery picture of
the artist painted by himself and pre-
sented by Mr. John Dent in 1888, is pro-
bably the best of the many portraits of
the artist. 00000
The Dr. George Morrison Library, now
owned by Baron Hisaya Iwasaki, Tokyo,
Japan, includes two volumes of Chinnery's
works. One contains 206 pen-and-ink and
pencil sketches, and the other thirty-nine
finished water-colour drawings and eighty-
four sketches. 0000
The above is but a brief account of a
genius, who, in different circumstances and
with other opportunities, would probably
have reached the highest rank among the
artists of his time. 0000
The oil portrait of How\Qua, Head of
the Hong Merchants in Canton, was painted
for W. H. Chichele Plowden, Agent'of
the Hon. East India Company's Factories
in Canton and Macao. How Qua, 1769-
1843, was immensely wealthy and held in
the highest esteem by all foreigners.
(The Hong merchants were honourable
and reliable in all their dealings, faithful
to their contracts and large-minded.) The
Portrait of a Hong Merchant in Canton,
also painted in oils, was formerly the
property of Sir John Francis Davis,
Governor of the Colony of Hong Kong ;
9i
"street scene, macao "
pen-drawing'Jby
george chinnery
Mr. R. M. Gray has a portrait of his
uncle, William Forsyth Gray, of Canton
and Macao, painted about 1840, and
there are several portraits in America,
especially of the Low family, including the
picture of Miss Low which is so frequently
mentioned in her journal. 000
The British Museum possesses thirty-six
sheets of mostly pen-and-ink and pencil
sketches and four engravings from two
pictures of Macao, the portrait of Thomas
Colledge and that of Dr. Morrison trans-
lating the Bible into Chinese. 0 0
The Victoria and Albert Museum has
three miniatures and a water-colour A
Coast Scene, signed " Geo. Chinnery,
1801." 000000
The National Portrait Gallery picture of
the artist painted by himself and pre-
sented by Mr. John Dent in 1888, is pro-
bably the best of the many portraits of
the artist. 00000
The Dr. George Morrison Library, now
owned by Baron Hisaya Iwasaki, Tokyo,
Japan, includes two volumes of Chinnery's
works. One contains 206 pen-and-ink and
pencil sketches, and the other thirty-nine
finished water-colour drawings and eighty-
four sketches. 0000
The above is but a brief account of a
genius, who, in different circumstances and
with other opportunities, would probably
have reached the highest rank among the
artists of his time. 0000
The oil portrait of How\Qua, Head of
the Hong Merchants in Canton, was painted
for W. H. Chichele Plowden, Agent'of
the Hon. East India Company's Factories
in Canton and Macao. How Qua, 1769-
1843, was immensely wealthy and held in
the highest esteem by all foreigners.
(The Hong merchants were honourable
and reliable in all their dealings, faithful
to their contracts and large-minded.) The
Portrait of a Hong Merchant in Canton,
also painted in oils, was formerly the
property of Sir John Francis Davis,
Governor of the Colony of Hong Kong ;
9i