1833
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A ruined building, cattle, and a figure in a boat is a 1833 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing shows a crumbling ruin, a cow with her calf, and a lone figure rowing a boat. It was made in 1833 by George Chinnery. The work mixes quiet farm life with old stone remains. Chinnery often drew ruins and animals in his scenes. The boat floats upside-down in the image, a small odd touch. Next, look up Romanticism.
The drawing features a ruined structure, a cow with a calf, and an inverted figure in a rowing boat, among other subjects, and is part of a volume containing 179 sheets of drawings created in Bengal and Macau. It was later included in an album of 93 drawings by George Chinnery, bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange. Chinnery, born in London in 1774, worked as a portraitist before relocating to India in 1802, where he became a prominent artist in British India. He settled in Macau in 1825, where he continued to produce works 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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