Chinese Coolies reading a Proclamation by George Chinnery

Pen and ink sketch of five men in loose garments reading a wall of posted proclamations beside a flagpole.

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A pen and ink sketch shows five men with their backs partly turned, gathered in a row and looking up at a wall of posted notices with columns of text. Their hair is bound in topknots and they wear loose tunic-like garments, while a flagpole and paved ground frame the scene. The work is titled Chinese Coolies reading a Proclamation by George Chinnery and dated 1841.

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1841

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