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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A vendor with customers is a 19 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
George Chinnery made this drawing almost 200 years ago. It shows a Chinese man squatting by three shallow baskets while two boatpeople look on. The year on the paper—1825—tells us this scene is old but still feels alive. The man’s postures and the baskets hint at daily life close to water. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum for more drawings by Chinnery.
A drawing by George Chinnery depicts a Chinese vendor squatting beside three shallow baskets, observed by two boatpeople. The work is part of an album of 130 drawings created in Macau, Guangzhou, and surrounding areas. The album, containing 93 drawings by Chinnery, was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange. Chinnery, an artist born in London in 1774, worked in British India before settling in Macau in 1825, where he remained 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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