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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A Tanka boat in shallow water is a 10 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing is called A Tanka boat in shallow water. It's a work by George Chinnery. The drawing shows boatwomen aboard a Tanka boat, with another standing alongside in shallow water. This gives us a glimpse into the daily life of people on the water. To learn more about the style and techniques used in this drawing, look up the technique: cross-hatching.
A drawing by George Chinnery depicts boatwomen aboard a Tanka boat in shallow water, with another standing nearby. Part of a volume containing 93 sketches made in Macau and its vicinity, the work was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange as part of an album of Chinnery’s drawings.
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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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