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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A boat-dwelling is a 4 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing shows a small boat turned into a floating home. George Chinnery sketched it in August 1832 using pencil and paper. The deck is covered with wooden planks and a straw roof. Look closely at the side of the boat. A gourd tied to a child’s clothes kept them safe if they fell in. If you like this, check out the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A drawing from a volume of 130 works made in Macau, Guangzhou, and nearby areas depicts a boat whose deck is fully covered with wooden planks and topped with a straw or rattan roof. A gourd attached to a child served as a flotation device for safety. On the reverse side, faint pencil sketches of boats are visible. The album containing this drawing was bequeathed in 1928 as part of a collection of 93 works 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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