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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A drawing of a Chinese barber and customer is a 13 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a barber leaning close to a customer’s ear in a quiet moment. The artist drew it quickly, just capturing the scene as it happened. Made in 1841, it’s a small but sharp look at daily life. The artist worked in India but loved sketching the people he met. This drawing feels alive, like you’re right there watching. See more work by George Chinnery.
A sketch by George Chinnery depicts a barber leaning closely over a seated customer while attending to the customer's ear. The drawing is part of a volume containing 406 works created in Macau, Guangzhou, and Bengal. It was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange as part of an album of 93 Chinnery drawings.
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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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