Portrait of a young girl, traditionally identified as 'Miss Marchbanks of Bushey'

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GEORGE CHINNERY (1774-1852)
Portrait of a young girl, traditionally identified as 'Miss Marchbanks of Bushey'
oil on canvas
14 1/2 x 11 3/4 in. (36.8 x 30 cm.)

Provenance

Dr. John Robert Jones (1887-1976); (†) Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 23 November 1976, lot 93.
with Frost and Reed, London, where purchased.

Literature

P. Conner, George Chinnery 1774-1852: Artist of India and the China Coast, Woodbridge, 1993, p. 300, under note 24.

Exhibited

Hong Kong, City Hall Art Gallery, George Chinnery, 1774-1852, 1 March - 28 April 1965, no. 33.
Hong Kong Museum of Art, George Chinnery: His Pupils and Influence, 15 March - 14 April 1985, no. 12.

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Lot Essay

The sitter has been identified in the past as the daughter of Charles Albany Marjoribanks (1794-1833), who held the position of President of the Select Committee of the East India Company in Canton from 1829 until 1832, when he was elected MP for Berwickshire.

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