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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
An Indian chowkidar is an 8 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
A drawing by George Chinnery depicts a bearded Indian man dressed in the traditional uniform, armed with a sword and shield, representing a chowkidar or watchman. The work is part of an album containing 406 drawings created in Macau, Guangzhou, and Bengal. The album was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange and originally included 93 drawings by Chinnery.
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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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