George Chinnery (1774-1852)

A Chinese lamp

Details

George Chinnery (1774-1852)
A Chinese lamp
inscribed 'Chinese Lamp' (lower left), and extensively inscribed in the artist's shorthand
pencil, fragmentary watermark, unframed
8¼ x 5.1/8 in. (20.9 x 13 cm.); and pencil drawings of an elegant couple in an open carriage and a sheet of three further studies of carriages by the same hand (3)

Provenance

with Appleby Brothers, London.

Lot Essay

The present drawing is a study for the Chinese tasselled lantern that Chinnery depicted in a great many of his portraits of Chinese officials. Two such portraits are in the collection of the Hong Kong Shanghai Bank: Howqua (Wu Bingjian), painted circa 1830, and Mowqua II (Lu Yuankin), see P. Conner, Chinnery and the China Coast, Hongkong, 1990, nos. 10 and 9.

The studies of A Horse and Carriage were originally in an album exhibited with Appleby Brothers, London.

We are grateful to Patrick Conner, for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.

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