Fan Kwae pictures: Paintings and drawings by George Chinnery and other artists in the collection of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
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Seller: THE CROSS Art + Books, Sydney, NSW, Australia
28.5 x 22.0cms 158pp colour illusts very good hardback & dustwrapper This collection focuses on 19th century paintings of the south China coast.The chapters are: George Chinnery an English portraitist abroad: George Chinnery artist of the local scene; the satellites; China trade painting; images of the trade; Chinnery & the Chinese; Fan Kwae artists in China; an eastern grand tour. Other artists include: Auguste Borget William Alexander Thomas Daniell William Daniell W G Tilesius von Tilenau Murdoch Bruce etc. Seller Inventory # 20424275
Seller: BookAddiction (IOBA, IBooknet), Canterbury, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. x, 158pp; numerous in-text photographs. Maroon cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine; red endpapers. 4to. Rubbed spine ends, water damage to bottom edges of boards. Text block edges starting to tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has light shelf wear and chipping to edges, mirrors book damage. The term Fan Kwae, literally meaning Foreign Ghosts, was a terms used by the Chinese for the small number foreigners permitted to reside in Old Canton in the early part of the 19th century. Chinnery's paintings, largely of the Fan Kwae and their surroundings - including landscapes and the life of the local people - aside from their artistic merit, are a valuable historic resource as he was the only western painter resident in South China between the early and mid 19th century. Chinnery was also the basis for the artist Aristotle Quance in James Clavell's novel, Tai-Pan. Seller Inventory # 035656
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