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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Two Macanese women with a servant holding up a parasol is a 19 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing shows two women and a servant. It's a work by George Chinnery. The women are walking away, and their shawls cover their heads. A man in European dress follows them, holding up a parasol. This gives us a glimpse into the daily life of people in another time. To learn more about the style of this drawing, look up the technique of cross-hatching.
A drawing by George Chinnery depicts two women walking away with their heads covered by shawls, accompanied by a man in European attire who holds a parasol above them. The work is part of an album containing 406 drawings made in Macau, Guangzhou, and Bengal. The album was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange, originally containing 93 drawings by Chinnery. Chinnery, a British artist active in India and China, settled in Macau in 1825, where he worked among European and American merchants and their families.
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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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