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Album

1830s (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A drawing from a volume containing 93 sheets of sketches from nature made in China. The drawing is in pen and ink and depicts fishing boats alongside a quay.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink drawing on paper
Brief description
Drawing by George Chinnery, depicting fishing boats alongside a quay, from a volume of sketches from nature made in China, pencil on paper, China, 1830s
Physical description
A drawing from a volume containing 93 sheets of sketches from nature made in China. The drawing is in pen and ink and depicts fishing boats alongside a quay.
Dimensions
  • Volume height: 16.625in
  • Volume width: 12.375in
  • Sheet height: 4.5in
  • Sheet width: 7.6875in
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Credit line
Bequeathed by James Orange
Production
The sketches in the album this drawing is from were drawn from nature in China, probably in Macau and its neighbourhood.
Subjects 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.1661-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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