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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A Chinese man with a pole and basket, and two cows is a 7 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, depicting Cattle, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The drawing shows a Chinese man with a pole and basket, and two cows. It's a simple scene, but what's interesting is that it was created on a specific date, January 13, 1841. This tells us the artist, George Chinnery, was active during this time. The drawing is held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and to learn more about similar drawings, look into the movement: Romanticism.
A drawing by George Chinnery depicts a stooping man carrying a pole with a basket, accompanied by two cows, one rendered in ink. The work is part of a volume containing 179 sheets of drawings made in Bengal and Macau. The drawing was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange as part of an album of 93 works by Chinnery.
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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