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WORKS BY GEORGE CHINNERY FROM AN AMERICAN COLLECTION (Lots 29-31)Alice Heard presumably the same Alice Heard who was the source of the Heard family business records acquired by the Harvard Business School (Baker Library) in 1931. Augustine Heard (1785-1868), from the Heard merchant family of Ipswich, Massachusetts, established the China trading firm of Augustine Heard and Company in 1840 with partner and friend Joseph Coolidge. Augustine Heard & Co. carried on a commission business in China, with its main offices first in Canton, and then Hong Kong, from 1840 to the spring of 1875.

George Chinnery (1774-1852)

A tanka boat on the shore, Macao

Details

George Chinnery (1774-1852)
A tanka boat on the shore, Macao
oil on canvas
4 ¼ x 6 3/8in. (10.8 x 16.2cm.)
in a carved and gilt wood Chinese frame

Provenance

Alice Heard (old label on the reverse of the frame).
Chamberlain (old label on the reverse of the frame).

Special notice

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