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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
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A Chinese figure by a doorway in a stone wall is a 19 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
A Chinese man leans against a low stone wall. His carrying pole and two pails sit beside him. The wall has a doorway at its center. Chinnery drew this in 1825 while living in China. He often sketched daily life like this. The simple lines show quiet moments, not grand events. This feels like a slice of the 19th-century Canton trade world. Look for more of his work next at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A drawing by George Chinnery depicts a low stone wall enclosing a central doorway, against which a Chinese man leans with his pails and carrying pole nearby. The work is part of an album containing 175 sketches made in China and India. The album was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange, originally containing 93 drawings by Chinnery. Chinnery, a British artist active in India and China, settled in Macau in 1825, where he remained until his death in 1852.
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George Chinnery (Chinese: 錢納利; 5 January 1774 – 30 May 1852) was an English painter who spent most of his life in Asia, especially India and southern China.
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