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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A cow and calf, with a crouching figure is a 17 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, depicting Cattle, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing is called A cow and calf, with a crouching figure. It's a work by George Chinnery. The drawing has a interesting note - the artist wrote a shorthand inscription that refers to his arrival in Dublin. This inscription is connected to another note in a different drawing. You can learn more about the artist who created this work, George Chinnery.
The drawing depicts a cow and calf accompanied by a crouching figure, with a shorthand inscription referencing the artist's arrival in Dublin on 22 December 1796. It is part of a volume containing 130 drawings created in Macau, Guangzhou, and nearby areas. The work was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange as part of an album of 93 drawings by George 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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