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George Chinnery(1774-1852) John Elliot肖像 布面油畫 有框
Provenance: Martyn Gregory, London
Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Martyn Gregory, From China to the West: Historical pictures by Chinese and Western artists 1770-1870, catalogue 90, London, 2012, p.24, no.17
來源: 倫敦古董商Martyn Gregory
展覽著錄: Martyn Gregory,《From China to the West: Historical pictures by Chinese and Western artists 1770-1870, catalogue 90》,倫敦,2012年,第24頁,編號17
The Hon. John Edmund Elliot (1788-1862) was the third son of the 1st Earl of Minto, Governor-General of India from 1807 to 1813. Chinnery seems to have been on terms of friendship with Lord Minto (of whom he painted several portraits) and also the members of his family. Chinnery would have known Elliot when he began his career as a Writer in Madras in 1805, before being transferred to the Bengal establishment the following year, acting as Private Secretary to his father. He was a keen amateur artist: the British Library holds a sketchbook of Elliot's dating from 1812-15, which includes fifteen drawings by Chinnery.
In 1809, John Elliot married Amelia, daughter of James Henry Casamajor and sister of James Archibald Casamajor. After returning to England Elliot became Member of Parliament for Roxburghshire, and served as Joint Secretary to the Board of Control under Lord John Russell in 1849-1852. His elder brother George went to China in February 1840 as Commander-in-Chief, East Indies and China Station, and joint plenipotentiary with his cousin, Captain Charles Elliot.