Sir George Thomas Staunton (1781-1859) politician, writer and Sinologist

Location

Country: China
City: Beijing
Place: British Embassy

Martin Archer Shee, portrait painter and writer, was born in Dublin, the son of a merchant. After studying in his native city in the early 1780s, he moved to London in 1788 and entered the Royal Academy schools in 1790. Ten years later he was made a Royal Academician. In 1830, Shee was elected President of the Royal Academy, succeeding Sir Thomas Lawrence, and was knighted in the same year. Shee died in Brighton at the age of 80.

People

Sir George Thomas Staunton (1781 - 1859)

Places

Subjects

paper (as Subject), Sinologist, writer, male portrait, globe, man, 19th century costume, spectacles, wing collar, seal, Knight, column, pillar (architectural feature), armchair, desk, curtain

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

Sir Martin Archer Shee (1769 - 1850)

Title

Sir George Thomas Staunton (1781-1859) politician, writer and Sinologist

Date

1833

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 127.00 cm, width: 100.00 cm

Acquisition

Presented by Squadron-Leader Lynch-Staunton, January 1951

GAC number

1240