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Blacksmiths' equipment, Macau
Blacksmiths' equipment, Macau is a drawing by the Romanticist artist George Chinnery. It dates from 15 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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The drawing depicts blacksmiths' tools such as an anvil, protective boards, a hammer, and bellows, accompanied on the reverse by pencil sketches of two groups of figures at the base of a wall. It is part of an album containing 175 sheets of sketches made in China and India. The album was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange and originally included 93 drawings by George Chinnery.
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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.
