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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A Chinese man watering plants is a 19 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing shows a Chinese man watering plants from a long spout attached to two wooden pails. The man is carrying the pails on a pole across his shoulders. He's standing in a simple landscape with a thatched hut, trees, and hills in the background. The details of the hut and trees suggest a quiet, rural scene. You can learn more about this style by looking at the work of artist: Chinnery, George.
A drawing by George Chinnery depicts a Chinese farmer watering plants from a long spout connected to two wooden pails suspended from a shoulder-borne pole, with a thatched hut, trees, and hills visible in the background. The work is part of an album containing 175 sketches made during Chinnery’s travels in China and India. The album was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange, originally comprising 93 drawings by the artist.
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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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