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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A cow and calf is a 4 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing is called A cow and calf. It's a work by George Chinnery. The drawing shows a cow with its calf. It was made on a specific date, 03/05/1841, which suggests it was a deliberate and possibly meaningful piece for the artist. To learn more about the style and methods used in this piece, look up the technique of cross-hatching.
A drawing by George Chinnery depicts a cow suckling a calf, part of a volume containing 179 sheets of drawings made in Bengal and Macau. The work was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange as part of an album of 93 drawings by Chinnery. Chinnery, born in London in 1774, worked as a portraitist in India and later settled in Macau in 1825, where he continued to draw and paint until his death in 1852.
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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