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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Two drawings: a small tethered boat, and a sketch of figures with utensils is a 16 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
George Chinnery made these two quick drawings in the early 1800s. One shows a small boat tied up. The other is a fast sketch of men in turbans with tools near them. Both are on thin European paper. It’s a rare look at daily life by a British artist working in India. The boat and figures feel caught in motion, not posed. See more by George Chinnery.
The drawing consists of two elements: a small, tethered Indian boat partially covered, and a quick sketch of turbaned figures holding utensils. It is part of a volume containing 97 sheets of sketches depicting shipping, figures, animals, and other subjects, mostly created in China. The work was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange as part of an album of 93 drawings by George Chinnery, who spent his later years in Macau after establishing himself as a prominent artist in British India.
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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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