A Chinese blacksmith
1850
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1850
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A Chinese blacksmith is a 1850 by Unknown, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing shows a Chinese blacksmith hunched over an anvil. The hammer in his raised hand glints like a silver sliver. His muscles strain against a simple work tunic. The artist didn’t sign the work. It might copy an earlier sketch by George Chinnery, a British artist who traveled China in the 1800s. The image feels alive. You can almost hear the clang of metal. Check it out at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A drawing from 1850 depicts a blacksmith bent over an anvil, hammer raised, possibly based on an original by George Chinnery. The work is part of a volume containing 130 drawings made in Macau, Guangzhou, and nearby areas. The album was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange, originally containing 93 drawings attributed to Chinnery, who lived in Macau from 1825 until his death in 1852.
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