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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Two Chinese figures with a cow and calf is a 1 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing is titled Two Chinese figures with a cow and calf. It's a work by George Chinnery. The drawing shows a Chinese boy with a cow and calf, and also a Chinese man carrying a basket. This scene is depicted in a simple yet effective way. To learn more about the style and techniques used in this drawing, look up the technique of cross-hatching.
A drawing by George Chinnery depicts a Chinese boy leading a cow and calf, followed by a Chinese man carrying a basket, part of an album of 93 sketches made in Macau and its vicinity. The album was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange, containing Chinnery’s works from his residence in Macau, where he lived from 1825 until his death in 1852. Chinnery, a British artist born in 1774, had previously worked in India before relocating to the China coast due to financial difficulties. His sketches from Macau and Canton reflect the local environment and interactions between Western and Chinese…
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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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