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1774-1852,English painter. Although long rumoured to be Irish, Chinnery was brought up in London, where he showed a precocious talent as a portrait painter in the traditions of Romney and Cosway. His grandfather, the calligrapher William Chinnery sr, was the author of Writing and Drawing Made Easy, Amusing and Instructive (London, 1750); his father, William jr, was also a writing master, and exhibited portraits at the Free Society of Artists. George entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1792
An oil painting of James Achilles Kirkpatrick
An oil painting of James Achilles Kirkpatrick (1764-1819), Lieutenant Colonel in the British East India company and it's resident in the princely state of Hyderabad from 1798 to 1805.
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