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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A study of a cow is a 19 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
George Chinnery made this drawing in 1825. It shows a cow grazing, drawn from behind and to the left. A simple animal study, but it belongs to a big art movement. Romanticism liked feeling and nature. Chinnery’s line work feels loose and quick here, not stiff or polished. It’s a small slice of daily life, made with care. Look up George Chinnery.
The drawing depicts a grazing cow viewed from behind and slightly to the left, part of an album containing 179 sheets of works by George Chinnery made in Bengal and Macau. The album was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange, originally including 93 drawings by Chinnery. Chinnery, born in London in 1774, worked as a portraitist before relocating to India in 1802 and later settling in Macau in 1825, where he continued his artistic practice until his death in 1852.
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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