CHAMBERS, GEORGE (1803-1840), English marine painter, born at Whitby, Yorkshire, was the son of a seaman, and for several years he pursued his father's calling. He then took lessons from a drawing-master, and found a ready sale for small and cheap pictures of shipping. Coming to London, he was employed by Thomas Horner to assist in painting the great panorama of London for the Colosseum (the exhibition building in Regent's park, demolished c. 186o). His best works represent naval battles. Two of these—the "Bombardment of Algiers in 1816," and the "Capture of Porto Bello"—are in Greenwich hospital. He died on Oct. 28, 2840.
A Life, by John Watkins, was published in 1841.