16
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A Chinese barber attending to his customer is a 16 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Here’s a quick look at a drawing from 1832. George Chinnery shows a quiet moment in a Chinese barber shop. The barber leans in close to clean a customer’s ear with a small stick. It’s a simple scene, but the artist catches the focus of both men. The drawing feels intimate, like we’re watching a private service. Check out this artist’s other work next: artist: George Chinnery.
A drawing by George Chinnery depicts a Chinese barber leaning forward to apply a small stick to the ear of a seated customer. The work is part of an album containing 93 sketches made in Macau and its vicinity. The album was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange. Chinnery, born in London in 1774, was an artist who worked in India and China before settling in Macau in 1825.
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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