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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Two drawings of a priest seen from behind is a 19 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
George Chinnery drew two quick pencil sketches of a priest in the 1800s. One sketch was later traced over with ink, so the lines stand out clearer. They show the figure from behind, head bowed, robe falling straight down. These look like practice strokes, not finished portraits. Chinnery saved them anyway. The date range on the page runs from 1825 to 1852. Look up the Victorian artist William Mulready to see another Romantic drawing style.
Two pencil studies, one inked in, depict a priest from behind and are part of a volume containing 406 drawings made in Macau, Guangzhou, and Bengal. The album, bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange, originally included 93 drawings by George Chinnery, who worked primarily in India and China during the early 19th century.
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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