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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Sketches of Chinese figures and cows is a 19 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing is titled Sketches of Chinese figures and cows. It's a work by George Chinnery. The sketches show a herdsman with a cow and calf, and some seated figures. There are also studies of the same calf, and some slight sketches on the back, possibly of classical figures. To learn more about the style and techniques used in this drawing, look up the technique of cross-hatching.
The drawing consists of sketches by George Chinnery, featuring a herdsman with a cow and calf, seated figures, and two additional studies of the same calf, with two faint classical figure sketches on the reverse. It is part of a volume containing 179 sheets of drawings made in Bengal and Macau. The work was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange as part of an album of 93 drawings by Chinnery.
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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