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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Gateways on the riverside, Canton is a 10 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing shows a Tanka boat on the Pearl River near Canton. George Chinnery used pencil or ink to capture the scene in 1832. Simple wooden ramps lead to small gateways topped with gabled roofs. The boat sits right on the water, with the ramps and gateways close by. You can almost hear the river sounds just from this quiet drawing. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A drawing by George Chinnery depicts a Tanka boat on the Pearl River near Canton, with wooden ramps leading to narrow gateways topped by small gabled roofs. The work is part of an album containing 130 drawings made in Macau, Guangzhou, and surrounding areas. The album was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange and includes 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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