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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Three drawings of a Chinese porter is a 10 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
George Chinnery drew three quick sketches of a Chinese man. The man carries water in pails on a shoulder pole. The drawings vary in size and line strength. One sketch on the back shows rural huts. Light lines hint at people and cows outside. The artist worked fast, yet kept the shapes clear. Check out more works by George Chinnery.
Three drawings by George Chinnery depict a Chinese porter carrying two pails suspended from a shoulder pole, rendered in varying sizes and line strengths. On the reverse side of one sheet, thatched dwellings are lightly sketched alongside small figures and cattle. The drawings are part of a volume containing 406 works made in Macau, Guangzhou, and Bengal. They were bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange as part of an album 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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