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Condizione: fair. First? Edition. First? Printing. 28 cm, 180, illus. (some color), notes and references, bibliography, index, damp stain at top edge near spine. Tear and chip at bottom of title page, corner wrinkled p. 125. This new study of the life of the British artist George Chinnery (1774-1852) has been supplemented with material collected by Geoffrey Bonsall, Director of the Hong Kong University Press, making this the most comprehensive and up to date record of Chinnery's life and work. This book is based upon a series of articles the author wrote at the beginning of 1974 for the Sunday Post-Herald in Hong Kong. For presentation in book form these articles have been completely revised and expanded. Chinnery studied with Joshua Reynolds in London at the Royal Academy.…

cm. 26x25, pp. 143. 65 tavole di ill. a colori e in b/n. Mostra a Hong Kong nel 1985 dedicata a Chinnery e ai suoi allievi. Uno degli artisti europei che come nel caso di Daniell in India, partì attratto dal fascino (e dalla ricchezza) dell'Oriente e che divenne un famoso orientalista. Morì a Macao nel 1852.…