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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A Chinese figure with an upraised hammer is a 19 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing is called A Chinese figure with an upraised hammer. It's a work by George Chinnery. The drawing shows a Chinese blacksmith with an upraised hammer. This sketch was created sometime between 1825 and 1852, which gives us a sense of when Chinnery was working on it. To learn more about the style and method used in this piece, look into the technique of cross-hatching.
A pencil sketch by George Chinnery depicts a Chinese blacksmith holding a tool raised in his hand. The drawing is part of an album bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange. Chinnery, who lived from 1774 to 1852, was a British artist known for his portraits and landscapes in India and China.
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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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