Portrait of a young lady, possibly Marianne Chinnery (neé Vigne)

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George Chinnery (1774-1852)
Portrait of a young lady, possibly Marianne Chinnery (neé Vigne)
signed, inscribed and dated 'Geo. Chinnery Dublin 1801' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour heightened with white on paper
10 1/8 x 7½in. (27.7 x 19cm.)

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In the catalogue note, Maria Vigne should read Marianne Vigne

Lot Essay

Chinnery left Bristol in 1795 and settled in Dublin, where he lodged with a jeweller, James Vigne, and painted several members of the Vigne family, including Maria Vigne, whom Chinnery married in 1799. The present watercolour bears a resemblance to a portrait of Maria Vigne in the collection of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (for which see G.R. Tillotson, Fan Kwae Pictures, London, 1987, p.2, fig.1).

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