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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A study of a pig is a 19 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
George Chinnery made this careful drawing of a pig in 1825. It’s a straightforward study, almost like a quick lesson in animal form. You can feel the artist’s hand moving across the page. The date range is oddly split—it starts and ends in different centuries. That’s because Chinnery worked in India and China, where time felt different. Next time you’re near London, peek at the real thing at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A drawing of a pig, viewed from behind and to the right, is part of an album containing 179 sheets of works by George Chinnery, created during his time in Bengal and Macau. The album was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange, who had acquired 93 drawings by Chinnery. Chinnery, born in London in 1774, worked primarily as a portraitist before relocating to India in 1802 and later settling in Macau in 1825, where he continued to produce drawings alongside his portrait commissions.
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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