Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
George Chinnery, 1774–1852, British
Title:
Chinese Gamblers
Date:
ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on paper lined to canvas
Dimensions:
6 x 8 inches (15.2 x 20.3 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.95
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
men | white (color) | Chinese | bag (container) | genre subject | dark | hat | brown | gambling | red | gamblers | games | blue
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
China Trade and Marine Art: Taylor Gallery, Taylor Gallery, London, p. 29, no. 32, DealerCat Taylor Gallery

Patrick Conner, George Chinnery 1774-1852: Artist of India and the China Coast, Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1993, p. 203-211, pl. 76, 81, 85, 134, 135, NJ18 C445 C65 1993 (YCBA)

Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 50-51, N590.2 A83 (YCBA)

Louise Nicholson, "Britain at Home in America", Country Life, 210, June 8, 2016, p. 160, S3 .C68 v.210 Oversize (YCBA)

Painting in England 1700-1850 : collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon : Exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, , 1,2, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, p. 150 (v.1), no. 286, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)

Sotheby's sale catalogue : Catalogue of fine eighteenth and nineteenth century drawings and paintings : 24 February 1960, Sotheby's, London, February 24, 1960, p. 40, Lot 144, Auction Catalogues (YCBA)

Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd Archive [Archival Material], , The National Gallery, London, London, 1840s-2013, Stock no. 2996, NGA27 (National Gallery, London) https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/research/research-centre/archive/record/nga27

Giles Tillotson, Fan Kwae Pictures: Paintings and Drawings by George Chinnery and Other Artists in the Collection of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, Spink & Sons, London, 1987, p. 34, no. 42, N5208.5 H65 T55 1987 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:604