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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Two drawings of a cow is a 19 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, depicting Cattle, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The title of this work is "Two drawings of a cow". It was created by George Chinnery between 1825 and 1852. The work is part of the Romanticism movement, which often emphasized emotion and natural beauty, and this is reflected in the simple, yet detailed drawings of cattle. You can learn more about this style by looking into the movement: Romanticism.
The drawings depict a cow, one rendered in ink, included in a volume of 179 sheets of drawings made in Bengal and Macau. The album, containing 93 drawings by George Chinnery, was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange. Chinnery, born in London in 1774, worked as a portraitist before traveling to India in 1802 and later settling in Macau in 1825, where he continued to produce drawings.
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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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