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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A verandah beside the ruins of a mosque, Bengal is a 7 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
You see a verandah beside the ruins of a mosque in this drawing. The artist included details like scalloped arches on the verandah. The back of the drawing has studies of an Indian man smoking a waterpipe, which shows the artist's interest in daily life. Check out the technique of cross-hatching to learn more about how this drawing was created.
The drawing depicts a raised verandah featuring scalloped arches, situated beside the ruins of a mosque identified by the artist’s shorthand notes. On the reverse side, two studies of an Indian man smoking a nargila are included. The sheet is part of an album containing 175 sketches made during the artist’s travels in China and India. The album was bequeathed in 1928 as part of a larger collection of 93 drawings by George Chinnery.
Read the full account in the museum source.
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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