19
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A Western man seated with a book on his knee is a 19 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This is a portrait drawing by George Chinnery. It shows a man sitting with a big book on his lap. The book might be a sketchbook for future paintings. Chinnery worked in the Romantic style, known for feeling over exact detail. This drawing could have been a quick study for a larger oil painting. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum for more work like this.
A seated Western man holds a large book, possibly a sketchbook, in this portrait drawing by George Chinnery, who worked extensively in Macau, Guangzhou, and Bengal. The drawing is part of an album containing 406 works, bequeathed in 1928 as part of a larger collection of 93 drawings by the artist. Chinnery, born in London in 1774, established himself as a prominent portraitist in British India before relocating to Macau in 1825, where he remained until his death in 1852.
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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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