19
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A Chinese man and boy beside a bowl placed on a basket is a 19 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The drawing shows a Chinese man and boy beside a bowl on a basket. This work is interesting because it gives us a glimpse of everyday life. The scene is quiet, with the boy watching the older man, who has his hand raised above the bowl. The style of this drawing can be compared to the work of artists associated with the movement: Romanticism.
A drawing by George Chinnery depicts a boy observing an older seated man whose hand hovers above a bowl placed on a basket. Part of a volume containing 93 sketches made in Macau and its vicinity, the work was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange as part of an album of Chinnery’s drawings. Chinnery, born in London in 1774, established himself as a prominent artist in British India before relocating to Macau in 1825, where he remained until his death in 1852.
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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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