1834
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A junk with flag aloft and pennants along the stern is a 1834 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This is a drawing from the 1830s showing a traditional Chinese junk boat. It’s a stern view, sails down, with little flags along the back edge. Smaller boats cluster nearby. George Chinnery spent years in southern China sketching boats and life on the water. This piece is one of those careful studies. Check out more of George Chinnery’s work at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A drawing by George Chinnery from 1834 depicts a junk viewed from the stern and right side, its sails furled and adorned with small pennants along the stern, with smaller boats nearby. The work is part of an album containing 93 sketches made in Macau and its surrounding areas. Chinnery, who lived in Macau from 1825 until his death in 1852, produced this drawing during his time in the Portuguese enclave frequented by European and North American merchants.
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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