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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
An Indian soldier on a horse is a 16 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing shows a turbaned soldier on a rearing horse, drawn in ink. The rider holds a shield and spear, a typical outfit in early 19th-century India. The artist recorded details like the horse’s pose and the soldier’s steady grip. George Chinnery was working in India during this time and made many sketches of local people and scenes. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A drawing by George Chinnery depicts a turbaned figure holding a shield and spear mounted on a rearing horse, part of an album containing 179 sheets of drawings made in Bengal and Macau. The album was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange, who had acquired 93 drawings by Chinnery. Chinnery, born in London in 1774, worked as a portraitist in India and later settled in Macau in 1825, where he continued to produce drawings and paintings 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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