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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A Tanka boat with two boatwomen is a 6 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
George Chinnery drew two women in headscarves on a Tanka boat in Macau. It’s a simple scene, but the date—October 1, 1834—tells us he sketched it long ago. The women seem busy with their work in the shallow water. The drawing fits the Romanticism movement. That style often shows everyday life with feeling, not just grand events. Next time you visit the Victoria and Albert Museum, look for it there.
The drawing depicts two boatwomen wearing headscarves seated in a Tanka boat on shallow water near Macau, rendered in pen and ink. Part of an album of 93 sketches from nature made in China, it features rivercraft as its subject. The album was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange and includes works by George Chinnery, who lived in Macau from 1825 until his death in 1852. Chinnery, a British artist, also worked in India before settling in the region.
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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