Study of a Woman carrying her Child, an Ox beyond

The first drawing was probably executed in Bengal, when Chinnery had, to a certain extent, turned his back on society portraiture to roam the countryside surrounding Calcutta and sketch the local people. He had arrived in India in 1802 to pursue a career as a portraitist but as one client noted 'He likes landscape painting a thousand to one better'. The second drawing is dated 1835 and was therefore executed in China, where Chinnery moved to in 1825 and remained for the rest of his life.
We are grateful to Patrick Conner, for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.