George The Elder Chambers

Født: 1803

Død: 1840

Biografi:

George Hyde Chambers (23 October 1803 – 29 October 1840) was an English marine painter. Chambers was born in a poor working-class area of Whitby, Yorkshire, the second son of a seaman his mother took in lodgers. At the age of 8 years, he was working on the coal sloops in the town harbour. At the age of 10, he served as a cabin boy on a coasting ves...