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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The hands of a Chinese figure holding a line or pipe is a 16 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
George Chinnery drew hands holding a thin pipe in 1842. It’s a sheet of studies, not a finished picture. The artist focused on the pose and grip of fingers. This sketch shows how hands look from the inside. He added a side sketch of a standing figure. That tells us he practiced shapes before final work. Look up George Chinnery next.
The drawing depicts hands holding a thin line or pipe stem, accompanied by a sketch of a standing figure, and is part of a volume containing 406 drawings made in Macau, Guangzhou, and Bengal. It was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange as part of an album of 93 drawings by George Chinnery, who worked extensively in British India and later in Macau. Chinnery, born in London in 1774, established himself as a prominent portrait artist in Calcutta before relocating to Macau in 1825 due to financial difficulties. His works often included portraits of Western merchants and Chinese figures, reflecting…
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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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