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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Figures by a beached Tanka boat is a 15 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The drawing shows a Tanka boat on large stones with people nearby. It's a simple scene, but what's interesting is that it's a specific type of boat, a Tanka boat, which was used in Asia. This detail suggests the artist was drawing from real life or research. You can learn more about this style by looking into the movement: Romanticism.
The drawing depicts a Tanka boat propped on large stones within a wooden post framework, with a man seated at the bow platform and a woman standing beside him. Part of a 97-sheet sketchbook of shipping, figures, and animals, it was created during Chinnery’s time in China. The work was later bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange as part of an album containing 93 of Chinnery’s drawings.
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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