Self-Portrait, 1825–28, Oil on canvas, 8 5/8 x 7 1/4 in. (21.9 x 18.4 cm), Paintings, George Chinnery (British, London 1774–1852 Macau), Chinnery painted more than a dozen self-portraits, the first of which he exhibited at the Royal Academy, London, in 1798; this is the most intimate and engaging of them all. An enigmatic figure, Chinnery was eccentric and volatile, with a tendency to hypochondria, a raconteur and wit with a gift for friendship
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Self-Portrait, 1825–28, Oil, canvas, 8 5/8 x 7 1/4, 21.9 18.4 cm, Paintings, George Chinnery, British, London, 1774–1852, Macau, Chinnery painted, dozen self-portraits, first, exhibited, Royal Academy, 1798, intimate, engaging, enigmatic figure, Chinnery, eccentric, volatile, tendency, hypochondria, raconteur, wit, gift, friendship
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