ID 961037
Lot 19 | GEORGE CHINNERY (1774-1852)
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
Portrait of William Jardine (1774-1852), full-length, seated, in a black coat, white waistcoat and trousers, his left arm resting on a table, before a red curtain, a landscape beyond
oil on canvas, in a Chinese export frame
25 x 19 in. (63.4 x 48.2 cm.)
Provenance
Harriet Lyall, née Matheson (1817-1882), wife of Charles Lyall, and possibly by descent to the following,
Major Henry Lyall (b. 1849), and by inheritance through his daughters to the following,
Major Sir Torquhil Alexander Matheson, 6th Bt. (1925-1993).
with Universal Galleries Limited, Monrovia, Liberia.
Literature
P. Conner, George Chinnery 1774-1852: Artist of India and the China Coast, Woodbridge, 1993, pp. 213-15, col. pl. 87.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
| Artist: | George Chinnery (1774 - 1852) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Historical era: | Victorian period |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | George Chinnery (1774 - 1852) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Historical era: | Victorian period |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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