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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A drawing by GeA vendor and a stooping woman with a child on her back is a 19 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This is a drawing by George Chinnery. It shows two people in a market scene. A seated vendor waits with goods. A boatwoman bends over to pick produce from a low basket. A child rides on her back. Chinnery worked in India and China in the early 1800s. He often sketched daily life with quick, sharp lines. This drawing is dated between September 1825 and May 1852. Check out more works by George Chinnery.
A drawing by George Chinnery depicts a seated vendor and a boatwoman, who stoops to reach produce from a shallow basket while carrying a child on her back. Part of an album containing 93 sketches made in Macau and its vicinity, the work was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange. Chinnery, a British artist active in India and China, settled in Macau in 1825 and remained there until his death in 1852. The album includes portraits of Western merchants, Chinese hong merchants, and Tanka boatwomen.
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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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