George Chinnery 1774-1852

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Description

George Chinnery
Chinese Fishermen on the shore with their catch
watercolour over pencil heightened with touches of bodycolour and stopping out

Provenance

Sir Bruce Ingram (L.1405a)

Catalogue Note

On 15th February 1825, to escape heavy debts and his wife, Chinnery boarded the Hythe and sailed from Calcutta. He reached Macao, after a brief stop at Penang, on 29th September. In 1826 he took a short lease on a house near the church of Sao Lourenco, towards the point of the Peninsula, and it remained his home for the rest of his life