12
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A group of Chinese figures at a street corner is a 12 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This is a quick drawing by George Chinnery from 1844. It shows five men sitting or crouching on the ground while one man stands nearby, probably just passing by. Above them are some posters stuck to a wall. The artist made this with simple lines. It’s small and looks like a snapshot of daily life. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more work by this artist.
A drawing by George Chinnery depicts five men seated or crouching on the ground, with one standing figure observing them, while posters are affixed to the wall above. Part of an album of 406 drawings made in Macau, Guangzhou, and Bengal, the work was bequeathed in 1928 as part of a collection of 93 drawings by Chinnery. Chinnery, born in London in 1774, worked as a portraitist before relocating to British India in 1812, where he gained prominence before settling in Macau in 1825, remaining there until his death in 1852.
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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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