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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Studies of Chinese figures, and of masts is a 17 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
George Chinnery made these eight small drawings in December 1831. Four show parts of ship masts, two with flags tied on. The other four focus on Chinese men, one bent over a basket. This was a busy month for him. He often drew people and ships in China. These quick studies feel like notes, not finished art. Check out George Chinnery next.
The drawing consists of four studies of Chinese men, one of whom is bent over a basket, alongside four sketches of ship masts, two of which feature attached flags. It is part of an album containing 406 drawings created by George Chinnery in Macau, Guangzhou, and nearby areas. The album was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange as part of a larger collection of 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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