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Cattle resting in a mountainous landscape, Bengal

ca. 1808–12
Not on view
In 1802 Chinnery left London for India to seek portrait commissions. After landing in Madras, he moved on to Calcutta and then to Dacca in southeast Bengal (now Dhaka, Bangladesh), where the British East India Company had established a station. Arriving in 1808, Chinnery stayed with his friend Sir Charles D’Oyly, the company’s representative. When not painting portraits, the artist sketched the local scenery and gave watercolor lessons to his host, who became the first owner of the present drawing. Chinnery must have traveled inland to find this mountain subject. Cattle rest before peaks defined by golden washes, and the middle ground is punctuated by a glowing point of fire and drifting smoke.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Cattle resting in a mountainous landscape, Bengal
  • Artist: George Chinnery (British, London 1774–1852 Macau)
  • Date: ca. 1808–12
  • Medium: Watercolor over graphite with stopping out, touches of gouache (bodycolor) and gum
  • Dimensions: sheet: 4 7/8 x 7 15/16 in. (12.4 x 20.2 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2009
  • Object Number: 2009.341
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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