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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
An Indian cow, and a goat is a 20 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
George Chinnery drew two animals in 1818. One sheet shows a tethered cow and a quick sketch of its head. At a right angle sits a goat resting on the ground. This was made during the Romantic period, when artists favored close looks at nature and everyday life. Chinnery often sketched outdoors in India, capturing animals and people quickly. Next time, check the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The drawing consists of two studies: one depicts a tethered cow with an additional sketch of its head, while the other shows a goat lying on the ground. Part of an album containing 179 sheets of drawings made in Bengal and Macau, it was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange as part of a collection of 93 works by George Chinnery. Chinnery, born in London in 1774, worked in India and China, establishing himself as a prominent artist in British India before settling in Macau in 1825.
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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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