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Chinese blacksmith's forge

Drawing
1831 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A drawing from an album containing 175 sheets of sketches made in China and India. The drawing is in pencil and depicts a blacksmith's forge in China.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleChinese blacksmith's forge
Materials and techniques
Pencil drawing on paper
Brief description
Drawing by George Chinnery, depicting a blacksmith's forge in China, from an album of 175 sheets of sketches made in India and China, pencil on paper, China, 1831
Physical description
A drawing from an album containing 175 sheets of sketches made in China and India. The drawing is in pencil and depicts a blacksmith's forge in China.
Dimensions
  • Volume height: 22.5in
  • Volume width: 15.375in
  • Sheet height: 4in
  • Sheet width: 5.75in
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Marks and inscriptions
'31' (Dated)
Credit line
Bequeathed by James Orange
Subject depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Collection
Accession number
E.2178-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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