19
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Two figure studies, and a calf is a 19 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
George Chinnery made three quick sketches in 1825. They’re simple line drawings on paper. One shows a man smoking a long pipe. Another shows a woman in a shawl covering her head. Chinnery lived in Macau and drew daily scenes there. The calf sketch twists its neck in an odd way. These aren’t polished works—just fast records of what he saw. Look up George Chinnery next.
The drawing consists of three studies: a man holding a long tobacco pipe, a Macanese woman with her head and upper body draped in a shawl, and a calf with its neck and head twisted around. It is part of a volume containing 179 sheets of drawings made in Bengal and Macau. The album was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange and includes 93 drawings by George Chinnery.
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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