Asian art dealer previews: Chinnery goes large
Depicting sinewy limbed bearers relaxing beside a mahannah, this work 'Palanquin Bearers at Rest' by George Chinnery (1774-1852) is considered the largest and most accomplished figure drawing of the artist’s long career.
The signed 14 x 19in (35 x 49cm) pen and ink watercolour is dated to 1806, four years after Chinne…