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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A Chinese man leaning over a basket placed on a stone block is a 4 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing is titled A Chinese man leaning over a basket placed on a stone block. It's a work by George Chinnery. The drawing shows a Chinese man in a broad-brimmed hat leaning over a basket. He's placed on a large stone rock, which is an interesting detail. To learn more about the style and techniques used in this drawing, look up the technique of cross-hatching.
A drawing by George Chinnery depicts a Chinese man wearing a broad-brimmed hat, bending over a shallow basket resting on a large stone block. Part of an album containing 93 sketches made in Macau and its vicinity, the work was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange. Chinnery, who lived in Macau from 1825 until his death in 1852, often portrayed local figures such as Tanka boatwomen and Chinese merchants active in the region’s trade.
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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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