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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Three cows is a 10 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
George Chinnery drew three cows tied to a post in 1827. Two of them look like a grown cow and her calf. It’s a quick sketch, loose and light. The back of the sheet shows other quick studies. You can spot a guardian lion, a person, and a Tanka boat. The cows aren’t fancy. Chinnery just jotted them down fast. Look up George Chinnery.
The drawing depicts three cows, two of which, including what may be a calf, are tied to a post. On the reverse side are sketches featuring a row of pegs on a line, a guardian lion, a figure, and a Tanka boat. Part of a volume containing 179 sheets of drawings made in Bengal and Macau, it was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange as part of an album of 93 works by George 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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