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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A Chinese junk with sail furled is a 16 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
A drawing by George Chinnery depicts a Chinese junk with its sails furled, viewed from the side, with hills visible in the background. The work is part of an album containing 93 sketches made in Macau and its surrounding areas. Chinnery, who lived in Macau from 1825 until his death in 1852, produced numerous drawings of local life, including this depiction of a junk and its crew.
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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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