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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A blacksmith lighting a pipe from his furnace is a 19 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing is titled A blacksmith lighting a pipe from his furnace. It's a work by George Chinnery. The drawing shows a man with a pipe and a portable furnace. He has blacksmith's equipment nearby, including cylindrical bellows. This setup suggests a scene from everyday life, with the blacksmith taking a break to light his pipe. To learn more about the style and techniques used in this drawing, look up the technique of cross-hatching.
A drawing depicts a man lighting a long pipe from the flame of a portable furnace, with blacksmith's tools such as cylindrical bellows arranged beside him. The work is part of a volume containing 46 drawings made in Macau, Guangzhou, and Bengal. The drawing was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange as part of an album of 93 works by George Chinnery, who spent his later years in Macau after establishing himself as a prominent artist in British India.
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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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