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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Tanka boats at sea, with other drawings is a 12 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This is a Romantic-era drawing from 1835. George Chinnery sketched three Tanka boats on the sea and two gamblers on land, all dated the same day. A quick pencil sketch shows a man holding a basket and a fan. Fun fact: the whole sheet is inked in, but the figures are just lightly penciled. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum for more of Chinnery’s work.
Created in 1835, the work combines pen-and-ink and pencil techniques, featuring three scenes of Tanka boats at sea, each steered by women, alongside depictions of gamblers and a single figure carrying a basket on his shoulder. The drawings share the same date of June 12, 1835, and include a small detail of the sketched figure holding a fan. Originally part of an album of George Chinnery’s drawings, it was acquired from P & D Colnaghi in 1921.
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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