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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A junk with smaller craft alongside is a 15 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing is called A junk with smaller craft alongside. It's a marine drawing, which means it depicts a scene related to the sea. The drawing shows a junk viewed from astern, with small boats on either side. This gives us an idea of what the artist was interested in depicting - a moment in time with multiple vessels. To learn more about the style and methods used in this drawing, look up the technique of cross-hatching.
A drawing by George Chinnery depicts a junk viewed from behind, with smaller boats positioned on either side. The work is part of an album containing 93 sketches made in Macau and its vicinity, bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange. Chinnery, a British artist active in India and China, created the drawing during his residence in Macau, where he documented the local maritime activity and figures such as Tanka boatwomen.
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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